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Fast Facts and Fact Sheets

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\n Smoking and Cigarettes \n
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  • Smoking leads to disease and disability and harms nearly every organ of the body.
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  • Cigarette smoking remains the leading cause of preventable disease, disability, and death in the United States.
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  • The tobacco industry spends billions of dollars each year on marketing cigarettes.
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  • Smoking costs the United States hundreds of billions of dollars each year.
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  • States do not spend much of the money they get from tobacco taxes and lawsuits to prevent smoking and help smokers quit. CDC recommends that states spend 12% of those funds on tobacco control.
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  • In 2021, 11.5% of U.S. adults (an estimated 28.3 million people) currently smoked cigarettes: 13.1% of men, 10.1% of women.
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  • In 2023, of those youth who ever tried e-cigarettes, approximately half reported currently using them, indicating that many youths who try e-cigarettes remain e-cigarette users.
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  • Many adult cigarette smokers want to quit smoking.
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Secondhand Smoke

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Tobacco Industry

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Source URL: http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/fast_facts/index.htm
Source Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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