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Tobacco use in the United States: a slideshow
Author(s)Jeff Bendix, Senior Editor, Logan Lutton
Nearly one in five American adults still uses tobacco in some form.
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Tobacco use has fallen significantly in the last half-century, but nearly one in five American adults still uses tobacco in some form, making it one of the nation’s foremost public health challenges. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently issued
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