New Surgeon General Report Highlights Tobacco-Related Disparities 

Surgeon General Murthy’s new report, Eliminating Tobacco-Related Disease and Death: Addressing Disparities, finds that, despite substantial progress in reducing cigarette smoking and secondhand smoke exposure in the overall population, progress has not been equal. These factors continue to cause nearly half a million deaths a year — nearly one in five of all deaths in the U.S. Visit the CDC’s website for related resources.

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