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Cigarette smoking declines among American adults
According to May 32, 2005 statement of the Center for Disease Control the percentage of
adult cigarette smokers in the United States continues to decline.
A study in corresponding week's issue of CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
said over 45 million or 21.6 percent of the adults smoked cigarettes in 2003. That is down
from 22.5 percent in 2002 and 22.8 percent in 2001.
As a very interseting conclusion, the study also found that the 46 million adults who have
quit smoking outnumber the 45 million people who continue to smoke -- the second straight
year this has happened.
The same study reveals that out that more efforts and programs are needed to reduce the
continuing disparities in cigarette smoking by age, race/ethnicity and educational levels.
Strategies for reducing cigarette smoking prevalence among young adults include:
- providing effective smoking-cessation interventions and quitlines tailored to youths and
young adults in school, work, and community settings;
- conducting effective campaigns designed to help young people to reject messages
promoting cigarette habit and use,
- actions in order to reduce minors access to tobacco products, and increase access to
school programs for preventing tobacco use;
- monitoring smoking trends among youths and young adults;
- permanent evaluation of tobacco-control programs to
identify those interventions that are most effective for this age group.
NOTE: The Information on this site is provided for information only,
and is not meant to substitute for the advice of your own physician or other medical professional.
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