Still hooked
Tuesday, November 25, 2008 - 16:14
in Health & Medicine
Who still smokes -- and why? Addiction experts acknowledge that it has become more difficult to make a dent in the country's smoking rates. Although millions of people have quit in the decades since the dangers of tobacco became known, about 43.4 million U.S. adults still smoke, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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