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46.5 million Americans smoke Kentucky has the highest number of smokers, 31% of population 22% of American women smoke 26% of American men smoke 1500 adolescent girls start smoking each yr 9% of 8th graders smoke 20% of 10th graders smoke History 1920s considered glamorous and sophisticated to smoke 1964 first warning came from the surgeon general about smoking, at that time 50% of Americans smoked 1970 banned advertisements for tobacco from TV and radio Why Do People Smoke

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cancer : Any of more than 100 different diseases, each characterized by the rapid, uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells

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