In US, Cigarette Smoking Reaches New Low: Study
Published Jun 21, 2018
Just 13.9 percent of the US population smokes cigarettes, according to a US government report Tuesday which said the American smoking rate has reached "the lowest level ever recorded."
The findings by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics refer to adult cigarette smokers in 2017. A previous CDC report using 2016 data found that 15.5 percent of adults smoked.
A half century ago, more than 40 percent of adults smoked in the United States. Decades of health warnings have boosted public awareness that the addictive habit can cause lung and many other cancers, resulting in a declining number of smokers, experts say. However, large disparities remain, with people living in rural areas still far more likely to smoke than city-dwellers, said the latest CDC report.
Just 11 percent of adults in a metro area of one million people or more smoke, compared to nearly 22 percent in rural areas, it said. People living outside city centers also "had the highest rates of being obese, having experienced serious psychological distress during the past 30 days, or having diagnosed diabetes," said the report.
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I am so glad to hear this good news about people and smoking. If anyone has any tips on how to get someone to quit smoking I would be very interested. My son does and he has multiple health problems. The smoking is making them worse, especially Barrett's espophagus, which is a pre-cancerous condition. I know that his life is not my life but he also has ulcerative colitis and a host of other illnesses. I know the smoking helps relieve his stress but I don't want to bury my son some day. Any information or help you can give me will be appreciated. Laura K.
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