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• Smoking leads to disease and disability and harms nearly every organ of the body.¹
• Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death.
• The tobacco industry spends billions of dollars each year on cigarette advertising and promotions.⁴
• Smoking costs the United States billions of dollars each year.^1,5
• State spending on tobacco prevention and control does not meet CDC-recommended levels.^1,6,7
• 15.1% of all adults (36.5 million people): 16.7% of males, 13.6% of females were current cigarette smokers in 2015.⁸
• Thousands of young people start smoking cigarettes every day.¹
• Many adult cigarette smokers want to quit smoking.

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