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  2. Prevalence of tobacco use - Wikipedia

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    The Health Survey for England in 2002 found a smoking rate of 26%. By 2007 the proportion of adult smokers in England had declined four percentage points to 22%. [47] In 2015, it was reported smoking rates in England had fallen to 16.9%, a record low. [48] The rate in England had fallen to 14.4% in 2018. [49]

  3. 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—1 of every 5 deaths—each year. [7] 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 per adult smoker.

  4. Most Americans Are Quitting Smoking—Except For Those Over 65

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    While the prevalence of regular smokers dropped to 15.2% down from 21.2% in a little over a decade for that middle-aged group, older adults saw an increase from 8.7% to 9.4% in the same time frame.

  5. Tobacco smoking - Wikipedia

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    From 1965 to 2006, rates of smoking in the United States declined from 42% to 20.8%. [12] The majority of those who quit were professional, affluent men. Although the per-capita number of smokers decreased, the average number of cigarettes consumed per person per day increased from 22 in 1954 to 30 in 1978.

  6. Surgeon General: Health Disparities Remain as US Smoking ...

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    A new advisory from U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy highlights major health disparities in tobacco use based on factors such as race, ethnicity, and income.

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

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    Overall, smoking prevalence is about 50% higher there than in the rest of the US. About 19% of adults smoke in this group of states, compared with about 13% of adults in other states. A similar ...

  8. Youth smoking - Wikipedia

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    The pattern of smoking among youth has had a slightly different trajectory, such that smoking rates for high school students began to increase in the early 1990s and did not begin to decrease until the end of the decade. [6] If the current smoking trends continue, 5.6 million youths alive today will die prematurely. [7]

  9. 1.1 billion people smoked in 2019 — a record high, study says ...

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    A new study shows 1.1 billion people smoked in 2019. Experts say they aren't surprised because nicotine addiction is hard to quit.