Smoking remains the leading cause of preventable death and has negative impacts on people at all stages of life. It harms unborn babies, infants, children, adolescents, adults and seniors.

Tobacco kills more Americans each year than alcohol, cocaine, crack, heroin, homicide, suicide, car accidents, fire and AIDS combined.

Cigarette smoking is the single most preventable cause of disease and death in the United States. Every ten seconds, somewhere in the world, someone dies of tobacco-related causes.

• Four Major Conclusions of the Surgeon General's Report
• Secondhand Smoke Fact Sheet
• Tobacco Facts

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• List of Resources