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U.S. LEADING WORLD AWAY FROM CIGARETTES
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Location:
1350 Connecticut Avenue, Suite 403, Washington, District of Columbia, 20036, United States
Contact person:
Reah Janise Kauffman
Organization:
Earth Policy Institute
Website:
http://www.earth-policy.org/Updates/Update34.htm
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Language(s):
English
Media:
Article or paper, Website
Fax:
202.496.9325
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Specialty:
Legal Services, Public Affairs & Policy
Phone:
202.496.9290
Last updated:
April 13, 2004
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Description:
free on website, includes data
The United States--the country that gave the world tobacco--is now leading it away from cigarettes. After climbing for nearly a century, the number of cigarettes smoked per person in this country peaked at nearly 2,900 in 1976 and began to decline. By 2003 the figure had dropped to 1,545 cigarettes--a fall of 46 percent. If this trend continues for another quarter-century, smokers will be a rarity in the United States.
As the costs of cigarette smoking become clear, pressure to phase out cigarettes is gaining momentum. At its annual meeting in 2003, the American Society of Clinical Oncology called for the elimination of tobacco from the world. Its president, Dr. Paul A. Bunn, Jr., noted: "We are cancer doctors. We get frustrated seeing the devastation caused by tobacco products."
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Permalink:
http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/av/Materials/81689-312/c
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