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Surgeon General report says 5.6 million U.S. children will die prematurely unless current smoking rates drop - Press Release

January 17, 2014

Approximately 5.6 million American children alive today - or one out of every 13 children under age 18 - will die prematurely from smoking-related diseases unless current smoking rates drop, according to a new Surgeon General's report.

Original Source: https://tools.cdc.gov/api/embed/downloader/download.asp?m=132608&c=368806