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TOBACCO CONTROL

Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of death in developed countries, and by the year 2030 is projected to be so for the entire world. The situation is particularly tragic given that the harm caused by tobacco use has been known by the medical and public health communities, as well as by the tobacco industry, for nearly half a century, and that the means to reduce tobacco use are well known and relatively inexpensive and cost-effective.

THE HARM CAUSED BY TOBACCO USE

In the United States, cigarette smoking is responsible for over one in five deaths (over 400,000 deaths a year), with an annual loss of over 5 million years of life. Globally, about 3 to 4 million ...

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