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Tobacco is a deadly and addictive substance that accounts for nearly 1 in 5 deaths in the United States, with a 50% risk of premature mortality in cigarette smokers who do not successfully quit.45 In the early 1980s I predicted that lung cancer mortality in women would exceed breast cancer mortality...

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Published in:American journal of public health (1971) 2006-12, Vol.96 (12), p.2090-2092
Main Author: Koop, C Everett
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Breast cancer
Capital punishment
Disease prevention
Forecasting
Health care
Health care policy
Health Care Reform
Health Services Accessibility - ethics
HIV
HIV Infections - prevention & control
Human immunodeficiency virus
Human Rights
Humans
Leadership
Mortality
Pediatrics
Public health
Public Health - ethics
Public Health - trends
Smoking Prevention
United States
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Summary:Tobacco is a deadly and addictive substance that accounts for nearly 1 in 5 deaths in the United States, with a 50% risk of premature mortality in cigarette smokers who do not successfully quit.45 In the early 1980s I predicted that lung cancer mortality in women would exceed breast cancer mortality by 1990.
ISSN:0090-0036
1541-0048
DOI:10.2105/AJPH.2006.098962