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Demonstrates Urgent Need for Congress to Pass FDA Legislation and for States to Fully Fund Tobacco Control Programs
Jump to full article: PR Newswire, 2008-06-26
Author: SOURCE American Lung Association
Intro: An article in this
week's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report released today by the U.S.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows, alarmingly, that
the decline in smoking rates among high school students seen from 1997 to
2003 continues to stagnate. These results are an ominous sign as an
overwhelming majority of smokers begin their deadly addiction during this
critical stage of development in their lives.
"Ninety percent of smokers start before their 21st birthday, and
tragically up to one-half of them will eventually die from a
tobacco-related disease," said Bernadette A. Toomey, President and CEO of
the American Lung Association. "This is a clear warning sign that our
leaders must summon the political will to implement lifesaving policies we
know will work to end our nation's tobacco epidemic."
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