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Smoke Cigarettes, UPI Report

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New research by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that less Americans than ever – just 15.2% of them – smoke cigarettes, UPI reports.

DRAMATIC DROP OVER DECADES

The statistic, which was found by researchers for the CDC's National Health Interview Survey, is consistent with the trend of decline from the past few years. In recent decades, smoking in the United States has dramatically decreased in popularity: in 1965, 42 percent of Americans smoked; in 2013, 18 percent; and in 2014, 17 percent. Since 2009, the number has been decreasing after stagnating for a few years in the mid-2000s.

ANTI-SMOKING ACTIVISTS ARE PLEASED

Anti-tobacco activists are pleased with the unprecedented low in American smokers, and cite it

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