Statement From Howard K. Koh, MD, MPH On World No Tobacco Day, May 31, 2011
June 2nd, 2011
Statement From Howard K. Koh, MD, MPH On World No Tobacco Day, May 31, 2011
Tobacco use, the major preventable cause of premature death and disease worldwide, represents a public health catastrophe. Globally, tobacco use is projected to cause a billion deaths in this century. Every year in the United States, more than 440,000 Americans die preventable deaths from tobacco-related diseases. Every day, nearly 3,500 kids under the age of 18 try a cigarette for the first …
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