Tobacco Control Progress and Potential

• Autores: Thomas R. Frieden
• Localización: JAMA: the journal of the American Medical Association, ISSN 0098-7484, Vol. 311, Nº. 2, 2014, págs. 133-134
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The 1964 surgeon general’s report on the health harms of smoking “hit the country like a bombshell.”1 More than 40% of US adults smoked, and smoking was accepted and considered normal behavior. Today, the US adult smoking rate is around 18%2 and about half of Americans are protected from secondhand smoke in workplaces.3