Source: Washington Post
While smoking in America has declined and led to “massive reductions in cancer” as reported by Washington Post, the population of Americans living in poverty or without an education is high and the percentage of those who smoke within that population is massive.
The rate of smoking for Americans with lower education is above 40 percent, according to a report from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
Furthermore, persons living in rural America are diagnosed with lung cancer at much higher rates than those who live in the city.
“America’s lower class now smokes more and dies from cigarettes than other Americans,” reported the Washington Post.
As the vice shifts away from middle and upper class and more toward lower class and marginalized groups, nonprofits that are working toward ending tobacco use are worried the issue will be pushed aside and will receive less funding.
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