TOBACCO

Tobacco products are addictive and deadly. They cause more than 480,000 deaths each year in the United States. Tobacco causes more premature deaths each year than AIDS, homicide, road traffic crashes, suicide, alcohol, and illegal drugs all added together. People who use tobacco don't set out to become addicted or to die prematurely, but those are the most frequent consequences... Most who smoke regret having started and want to stop. However, quitting can be hard to do, especially in a society where tobacco products continue to be highly available, advertised, glamorized, and socially accepted. When cigarettes are permitted in the home and at work, smoking flourishes. When cigarette smoke is prohibited indoors, smokers smoke less and have more success in quitting.

Primary location: New Brunswick United States