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Adult cigarette smoking rate overall hits all-time low - Press Release

November 26, 2014

Cigarette Smoking Overall Among Adults in the U.S. is Down.

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"There is encouraging news in this study, but we still have much more work to do to help people quit," said Tim McAfee, M.D., M.P.H., director of the CDC's Office on Smoking and Health. "We can bring down cigarette smoking rates much further, much faster, if strategies proven to work are put in place like funding tobacco control program…

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