Tobacco killed 500,000 Americans in 2020 – is it time to control cigarette-makers?
- Written by Joshua M. Pearce, Wite Professor of Materials Science & Engineering, and Electrical & Computer Engineering, Michigan Technological University
Four Americans die every year for every one person employed in the U.S. tobacco industry.Julien Fourniol/Baloulumix via Getty ImagesTobacco use killed an estimated 500,000 Americans in 2020, about the same number the pandemic killed in one year. Although education efforts by government and nonprofits have helped to curb tobacco use, 14% of...
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