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Tobacco use remains the leading preventable cause of death in the United States, causing more than 440,000 deaths each year and resulting in an annual cost of more than $75 billion in direct medical costs. Nationally, smoking results in more than 5.6 million years of potential life lost each year. Approximately 80% of adult smokers started smoking before the age of 18. Every day, nearly 4,000 young people under the age of 18 try their first cigarette. More than 6.4 million children living today will die prematurely because of a decision they will make as adolescents — the decision to smoke cigarettes.
CDC Guidance For Collaboration with the Private Sector — Accepting Funds from the Tobacco Industry. Healthy People 2010 Objectives Healthy People 2000 Objectives Tobacco Use in the United States Chronology of Significant Developments Related to Smoking and Health Results from the 2002 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) —
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