Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Early Release / Vol. 60, September 6, 2011

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• Alternative Title:
  Adult Smoking in the US: Tobacco use remains the single largest preventable cause of disease, disability, and death in the US
• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(U.S.)
• Description:
  Tobacco use remains the single largest preventable cause of death and disease in the United States. The health consequences of tobacco use include heart disease, multiple types of cancer, pulmonary disease, adverse reproductive effects, and the exacerbation of chronic health conditions. Each year, approximately 443,000 persons in the United States die from smoking-related illnesses. In addition, smoking has been estimated to cost the United States $96 billion in direct medical expenses and $97 billion in lost productivity each year
• Subjects:
  Heart Diseases Lung Diseases Neoplasms Smoking Tobacco Use
• Source:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Adult Smoking in the US: Tobacco use remains the single largest preventable cause of disease, disability, and death in the US, September 6, 2011
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Subseries:
  MMWR: Early Release
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Issue
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  6 pdf pages
• Volume:
  60
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:95815f51e8df0fc81e09fc2b6b1ead81974b523deebf95a4fa97ad1a3f5a3e1371a28bac2e08ec323a515824a911944cfd15ddbdcdd81736bf1a69280a34fc89
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/257651/cdc_257651_DS1.pdf
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