Center for Disease Control (CDC) Reports Smoking down from 20.9% to 15.1%
Center for Disease Control (CDC) Reports Smoking down from 20.9% to 15.1% over a 10 year period from 2005 to 2015. That is 45.1 million smokers down to 36.5 million smokers. Since tobacco use is the
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leading cause of preventable death in the US (and world) and cigarettes are the most common tobacco product, this is a significant positive step. Also notable is the fact that current cigarette smoking was significantly lower in 2015 (15.1%) than in 2014 (16.8%).
This information comes from the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). For more information of e cigarettes, smoking and related topics, click here.
