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Globalizing tobacco control: Anti-smoking campaigns in California, France, and Japan (Indiana University Press, 2005) online; Robert, Joseph C. The Story of Tobacco in America (UNC 1949) Robert, Joseph Clarke. "The Tobacco Kingdom: Plantation, Market, and Factory in Virginia and North Carolina, 1800-1860 (Duke University Press, 1938).
In 1990, smoking was the cause of about 1,800 male deaths in Israel which was around 12% of all male deaths. [36] Smoking has not been found to be significant cause of death among Israeli women. [36] The average number of cigarettes smoked per Israeli stands at 2162 (6). [34] There are several anti-tobacco use legislations in effect.
Statewide smoking ban: On May 1, 2007, the Smoke Free Arizona Act (Proposition 201) went into effect after passage by 54.7% of voters the prior November, banning smoking in all enclosed workplaces and within 20 feet (6.1 m) of an entrance or exit of such a place, including bars and restaurants, only exempting private residences, retail tobacco ...
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Sixty years ago, the U.S. surgeon general released a report that settled a longstanding public debate about the dangers of cigarettes and led to huge changes in smoking in America.
According to the American Lung Association, smoking kills more than 480,000 people per year in the United States, making it the leading preventable cause of death in the country.
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.
English: World map of countries shaded according to their number of cigarettes smoked per adult per year, 2007. x = a n n u a l c o n s u m p t i o n o f c i g a r e t t e s p o p u l a t i o n {\displaystyle \mathrm {x} ={\frac {\mathrm {annual\ consumption\ of\ cigarettes} }{\mathrm {population} }}}