– Courier-Sentinel Lookback –

The federal rate of Americans smoking cigarettes is 9.9%, according to a report in the New England Journal of Medicine. This rate, down from 42.4% in 1965, is the lowest since federal officials began recording it. 'This is a major win for public health,' said The University of Wisconsin Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention (UW-CTRI) director Dr. Hasmeena Kathuria. 'This is thanks to public...