United States : Adult Smoking Rate Rises Slightly for 1st Time in 15 Years

"Cigarette smoking rose slightly for the first time in almost 15 years, dashing health officials' hopes that the U.S. smoking rate had moved permanently below 20%. A little under 21% of Americans were current cigarette smokers, according to a 2008 national survey by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That's up slightly from the year before, when just 19.8% said they were smoking. It also is the first increase in adult smoking since 1994, experts noted." --from website.

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