smoking is bad

Cigarette smoking is no longer cool. Smokers find themselves out in the cold. Smoking is the most preventable cause of premature death in America. On average, each cigarette shortens a smoker’s life by 11 minutes. Contrary to popular belief, people younger than 65 accounts for almost half of all smoking- related deaths.
The good news is that- thank to the efforts of the American Cancer Society, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and other advocacy groups- a growing number of Americans are getting the message that smoking is a bad idea. In 1965, 52 percent of men and 33 percent of women smoke...