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Cigarette smoking and other forms of tobacco use are now widely acknowledged to have harmful effects on human health. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has estimated that 400,000 Americans die each year from lung cancer, heart disease, emphysema, and other diseases attributable to smoking— making it the leading cause of premature preventable deaths in the United States. Treating smoking-related illnesses cost the United States an estimated $50 billion in 1993 alone, according to the American Lung Association; adding the costs of lost work and productivity pushed the toll of tobacco to $97 billion.
Since U.S. Surgeon General Luther Terry issued a report linking cigarette smoking with lung cancer in 1964, government and health authorities have taken a variety of steps to discourage smoking. In 1965 cigarette makers were required to put warning labels on their product (these warnings were...
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