Cigarette smoking to decline in the United States in 20 to 30 years (e-book) (used book) | bookbook.eu

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Academic Paper from the year 2018 in the subject Economy - Health Economics, grade: A, Kenyatta University, language: English, abstract: This essay explores data and statistics that proves that cigarette smoking in the United States shall have fallen significantly in the next 20 to 30 years.The statistics on tobacco-related mortality around the world is devastating. For instance, it is a known fact that tobacco is the probable cause of about 25 diseases thus having a massive impact on global disease. It is estimated that there are around 1.1 billion cigarette smokers around the world. In the United States, cigarettes are the most commonly used form of tobacco contributing a significant portion of tobacco related diseases and deaths. Nevertheless, recent studies show that smoking rates in the country is steadily declining resulting in smaller population of adult smokers. These statistics suggests that in the future the actual number of cigarette smokers in the United States will be very low.