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Good, positive information, Lindsey. Thanks.
Now if we could just get tobacco use recognized as the drug addiction that it is and expand the "negative" marketing to include [u]all[/u] tobacco products...
Baby steps.
Shevie
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 5/23/2005
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 290
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 5,808
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $1102
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 54 [B]Hrs:[/B] 3 [B]Mins:[/B] 27 [B]Seconds:[/B] 44
Headline in Washington Post:
Smoking Falls Off Dramatically in U.S.
It went on to say-
The government has determined that there has been a 20 decline in smokers in the US in the last 2 years. Get this - Only 378 Billion cigarettes were sold in the US in 2005. That equates to 50% of what the consumption was in 1948, when the population was half of what it is today.
The research attributes the decline to the $240 Billion settlement, hence the higher cost of cigarettes, restrictions on advertising, and a shift in public perception as the dangers of smoking are more aggressively and widely publicized.
The goal by 2010 is to have only 17% of the youths and 12% of the adults still smoking. 21.7% of high schoolers still smoke, as do 20.9% of adults.
Take pride in being part of the effort to eradicate nicotine consumption in the world.
Enough said.
Lindsey
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 9/10/2001
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 1641
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 98,485
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $16410
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 338 [B]Hrs:[/B] 16 [B]Mins:[/B] 23 [B]Seconds:[/B] 28
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