A new report by the US surgeon general points to tobacco smoking as the leading cause of preventable disease, disability and death in the United States -- and notes that smoking cessation is beneficial at any age.
Yet about two-fifths of smokers are not routinely told by their physicians to stop smoking, US Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams said in a press conference on Thursday.As the nation's doctor, he said that number"jumped out" at him.'use strict';CNN.Videx=CNN.Videx || {};CNN.Videx.mobile={};CNN.INJECTOR.executeFeature.then {CNN.VideoPlayer.
Hide Caption 5 of 15 Photos: The history of tobacco health claimsIn the early 1900s, women began picking up smoking habits -- and consequently, nurses were used to promote the benefits of particular cigarettes. That would soon become common in the world of tobacco advertising. This ad for Camel cigarettes was released in 1932.
"Little protest was heard from the medical community or organized medicine," SRITA said,"perhaps because the images showed the profession in a highly favorable light."
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