Author: dispergoco12

The decline in tobacco use over the past decade has been dramatic, but current smoking rates remain unacceptable. About 30.8 million people in the United States in 2020, or 13% of all adults, continued to use conventional tobacco products. It was roughly the same in the United Kingdom, with a slightly more detailed breakdown showing that 15.9% of men and 12.5% of women were still smoking (collectively about 6.9 million). More than fifty years have passed since the discovery that tobacco use increases one’s risk of developing lung cancer. Still, young people continue to pick up packets and start down…