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Despite the steady and constant opposition of the tobacco industry, the number of smokers in the United States has dropped precipitously, from about 50% of the population in 1964 to about 12.5% in 2020

Although adult smoking rates have fallen from 43 percent of Americans in 1965 to the current 18 percent, smoking remains the leading cause of preventable death in the United States, killing more than 480,000 people each year

WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic, 2021: addressing new and emerging products: executive summary

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The American Lung Association is eager for these lifesaving rules to be implemented and urges the White House to finalize these rules before the end of the year," American Lung Association CEO and President Harold Wimmer said last month