Smoking decline has hit a plateau, says CDC
With all the anti-smoking advertisements and other forms of marketing still going strong today, one would think a dent in the smoking population would have been made. Well, it has -- but now it's stalled, in the adult smoking population, that is.With Kentucky being the smokiest state, almost 21% of U.S. adults -- to the tune of 45 million men and women -- engaged in smoking cigarettes in 2005, which was startlingly the same percentage as in 2004. In other words, no measurable gains were had in 2005 in terms of curbing smoking among U.S. adults.
Overall, there has been a decline in the smoking population for eight straight years, but signs of a slowdown are now emerging since 2005 was flat from 2004. What will 2006 bring? I hope at least a single percentage drop occurs -- but hopefully, much more.
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10-28-2006 @ 8:21AM
Brian said...
Sure -- I'd rather make up the taxes somewhere else than see millions of Americans continue to form bad and potentially deadly habits like smoking, which hurts the pocketbook most likely equally or moreso than the taxes tobacco products produce -- think about it. But, that's just me, not everyone.
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10-28-2006 @ 11:07AM
Susan said...
If there were fewer people smoking thus fewer smoking related disabilities sapping the tax dollars for health care, we would be making up very little in the way of tax dollars. Unfortunately, this will be an evolutionary process and take some time to achieve. In the mean time, we would need more tax dollars to cover the current smokers. I'm willing.
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10-29-2006 @ 10:32PM
Sharon Stratton said...
Are you willing to make up the decline in taxes when everyone quits smoking? If not, shut up about it.
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11-02-2006 @ 11:27AM
JILL said...
AS AN EMERGENCY ROOM NURSE I HOPE THAT THE DECLINE CONTINUES WITH SMOKING, IT IS ONE OF THE MOST DISGUSTING HABITS WHICH AFFECTS ALL OF US!! i AM APPALLED AT THE HEALTHCARE WORKERS WHO STILL CONTINUE TO SMOKE!! TAXES OR NO TAXES ASIDE...WE WOULD ALL BENEFIT FROM A SMOKE FREE SOCIETY.
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