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Cheryl Healton, DrPH and Kathleen Nelson, MHS

Cheryl G. Healton is president and chief executive officer of The American Legacy Foundation. Kathleen Nelson is a freelance journalist who writes for general and medical publications.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Cheryl G. Healton, DrPH, American Legacy Foundation, 2030 M St, NW, 6th Floor, Washington, DC 20036 (e-mail: chealton@americanlegacy.org).

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	INTRODUCTION

 

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SINCE THE FIRST SURGEON General’s Report on Smoking was issued in 1964, smoking rates have declined markedly in the United States. The reduction in prevalence suggests healthy progress. But as practitioners track the groups with higher smoking rates, disparities in tobacco use are revealed. In 1964, the cross-section of tobacco users was diverse—broadly distributed by education and socioeconomic status, and in fact the well-off lit up more than those who earned less. In the past 40 years, the smoker’s profile has reversed, and now smoking is . . . [Full Text]

	CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY

 

	ECONOMIC JUSTICE

 

	PUBLIC HEALTH ADVOCACY

 

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