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2. Tobacco in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States, accounting for approximately 443,000 deaths, or 1 of every 5 deaths, in the United States each year. [6] Cigarette smoking alone has cost the United States $96 billion in direct medical expenses and $97 billion in lost productivity per year or an average of $4,260 ...

3. List of smoking bans in the United States - Wikipedia

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   In the other 23 states with a statewide general smoking ban, some cities and counties have enacted stricter local smoking bans to varying degrees. In California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, New Jersey, North Dakota, Oregon, Utah, and Vermont, usage of e-cigarettes is prohibited indoors. The strictest smoking ban in the United States ...

4. Prevalence of tobacco use - Wikipedia

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   United States. In 2005 23.9% of men and 18.1% of women were current smokers. Among racial and ethnic groups, Native Americans and Alaska Natives had the highest prevalence at 32.0%, followed by non-Hispanic whites at 21.9%, and non-Hispanic blacks at 21.5%. Hispanics at 16.2%, and Asians at 13.3% had the lowest rates.

5. U.S. history of tobacco minimum purchase age by state

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   Minimum age is 21. Minimum age is 19. Minimum age is 18. The minimum purchasing age for tobacco in the United States before December 20, 2019 varied by state and territory. Since December 20, 2019, the smoking age in all states and territories is 21 under federal law which was passed by Congress and signed by President Donald Trump.

6. The 12 states where smoking is 50% more common than in the ...

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   Residents of 12 states in the South and Midwest are more likely to smoke – and to smoke more – than people living in the rest of the United States, according to a new report.

7. Smoking in cars with kids is banned in 11 states, and West ...

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   Smoking in cars with children is banned in 11 states, and lawmakers are pushing to join them in West Virginia, where more adults use cigarettes than anywhere else in the nation, according to the ...

8. Tobacco 21 - Wikipedia

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   Tobacco 21 is produced and funded by the Preventing Tobacco Addiction Foundation, a public health nonprofit organization established in 1996. [5] Several national non-profit organizations, including the American Cancer Society in Oregon, [6] had supported raising the tobacco age. The Tobacco 21 movement emerged in February 2003 when Needham ...

9. Truth (anti-tobacco campaign) - Wikipedia

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   Truth (stylized as truth) is an American public-relations campaign aimed at reducing teen smoking in the United States.It is conducted by the Truth Initiative (formerly called the American Legacy Foundation until 2015) and funded primarily by money obtained from the tobacco industry under the terms of the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement reached between 46 U.S. states and the four largest ...