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Cigarette smoking rose slightly for the first time in almost 15 years. A little under 21 percent of U.S. adults said they smoked, according to a 2008 national survey by the... More »
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Chicago Sun-Times - Nov. 13, 2009
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| U.S. Adult Smoking Rate Rises for First Time in 15 Yrs. |
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The adult smoking rate has been dropping, in starts and stops, since the mid-1960s when roughly 2 out of 5 U.S. adults smoked. Now it's 1 in 5. However, federal health goals... More »
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FOXNews.com - Nov. 13, 2009
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| Health Buzz: CDC Says Progress on Smoking Has Stalled and... |
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CDC Says Numbers of Smoking Americans No Longer on the Decline According to new data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the proportion of Americans... More »
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US News - Nov. 13, 2009
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| Progress in Stamping Out Smoking Has Stalled |
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By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Nov. 12 (HealthDay News) -- After decades of progress, the number of Americans who smoke hasn't budged over the last five... More »
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Health Day - Nov. 13, 2009
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| Adult smoking rises |
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... a wisp for 1st time in 15 yearsATLANTA Cigarette smoking rose slightly for the first time in almost 15 years, dashing health officials' hopes that the U.S. smoking rate... More »
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Denver Post - Nov. 13, 2009
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| I'm in a nanny state state of mind |
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The headline is that the U.S. smoking rate has stalled , but the news is those places that have the strongest nanny state policies against smoking and smokers are still... More »
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ZDNet - Nov. 13, 2009
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| Smoking decline stalls in the US: health officials |
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WASHINGTON (AFP) Progress in the effort to reduce smoking, seen as the leading cause of preventable death, has stalled since 2005 despite aggressive and expensive campaigns,... More »
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AFP via Yahoo! - Nov. 12, 2009
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| U.S. smoking rate stuck |
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WASHINGTON - -- Efforts to help smokers kick the habit have stalled in the United States, with hardly any recent change in smoking rates, federal researchers reported... More »
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Chicago Tribune - Nov. 13, 2009
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| U.S. Smoking Rates Remain Steady, but Vary Widely by State |
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Reviewed by Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco. Action Points Explain to interested patients that for smokers, quitting the... More »
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MedPage Today - Nov. 13, 2009
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| Adult smoking rises in U.S. for first time since 1994 |
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ATLANTA - Cigarette smoking rose slightly for the first time in almost 15 years, dashing health officials' hopes that the U.S. smoking rate had moved permanently below 20... More »
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Philadelphia Inquirer - Nov. 13, 2009
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