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Up in smoke: We'll spend billions tomorrow for not helping poor people quit smoking today

  • Written by Leighton Ku, Professor of health policy and Director of Center for Health Policy Research, George Washington University
imageHundreds of millions of these will go up in smoke. Via Shutterstock.From www.shutterstock.com

The gradual reduction of smoking – the number one cause of preventable death and illness – is one of the triumphs of public health in the United States. About 16.8 percent of Americans smoke today, compared to 42 percent in the 1960s.

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