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Tobacco is still one of the world’s top killers – here are the key obstacles to enacting generational smoking bans

  • Written by Marie Helweg-Larsen, Professor of Psychology, Dickinson College
Tobacco is still one of the world’s top killers – here are the key obstacles to enacting generational smoking bansCigarette display at a 7-Eleven convenience store in Miami, Fla., in July 2025.Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Smoking is really bad for you. Most people know that. Even smokers think smoking is bad for one’s health. But most people don’t know just how bad it is.

More people in the United States die every year...

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