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Article: Campaign For Tobacco-Free Kids: New CDC Study Finds 8.6 Million People in U.S. Suffer from Smoking-Caused Diseases

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September 4, 2003
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is a statement by Matthew L. Myers, president, Campaign For Tobacco-Free Kids:

"A new study released today by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that at least 8.6 million people in the United States currently suffer from serious illnesses attributable to smoking. For each of the approximately 440,000 persons in the U.S. who die each year of a smoking-attributable illness, another 20 people suffer from at least one serious smoking- caused illness, according to the CDC. We have long known that tobacco use is the nation's leading preventable cause of death. Today's study provides the first national estimate ...

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