Share of smokers falls to all-time low

Published November 14, 2019 1:00pm ET



The share of adults who smoke cigarettes has hit an all-time low.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday that the portion of adults who regularly smoke cigarettes fell to 13.7% in 2018, the lowest rate recorded ever and a two-thirds decline since the surgeon general first announced the negative health effects of smoking more than 50 years ago.

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