In 2005, the Boston suburb of Needham tried a new tactic to reduce youth tobacco use: the town raised the legal age for purchasing tobacco from 18 to 21. The results were dramatic…
Tobacco addiction is the leading cause of preventable deaths in Washington, causing about 8,300 residents to die each year. Annual health costs now surpass $2.8 billion…
Tobacco addiction is the leading cause of preventable deaths in Washington, causing about 8,300residents to die each year. Annual health costs now surpass $2.8 billion…
The large majority of smokers start smoking before age 21. According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, over 80% of adult smokers smoked their first cigarette…
Forty-two million Americans still smoke. That is a much smaller proportion of the population than decades ago. But it’s still a public health disaster…