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Smoking Rates Fall to Lowest Ever, Led by Our Young People and a Changing Culture

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75% Informative

The national smoking rates in the US based on a survey of 1.77 million people and 54,000 households are falling across the board, with the largest declines seen in America ’s youth.

In tandem the UK has also made great progress, with smoking rates hovering around 11.5% nationally, and sitting even lower among 18-24 year-olds ( 9.8% ) State-by-state, California , Utah , Hawaii , and Colorado are projected to be significantly under the recommended target of 5% prevalence by that year .

VR Score

75

Informative language

74

Neutral language

8

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

62

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likely offensive

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not hateful

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not detected

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medium-lived

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