title: Tobacco control in the United States--recent progress and opportunities.
abstract: Effective tobacco control efforts have resulted in substantial declines in tobacco use and tobacco-related cancer deaths in the United States. Nearly 40% of reductions in male lung cancer deaths between 1991 and 2003 can be attributed to smoking declines in the last half century. Nevertheless, tobacco use still remains the single, largest preventable cause of disease and premature death in the United States. Each year, smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke result in nearly half a million premature deaths of which nearly one-third are due to cancer. In a previous report, we described youth and adult smoking prevalence and patterns and discussed policy measures that had proven effective in comprehensive tobacco control. In this report, we update trends in youth and adult smoking prevalence. We find that while adult smoking prevalence has declined overall, socioeconomic gradients in smoking still persist within race and ethnic subgroups. In addition, we describe the diffusion of tobacco-control strategies at the national, state, and community level. Although recent developments, such as the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) regulation of tobacco products, hold promise for tobacco control, there continues to be a need for broader dissemination of sustainably funded comprehensive national and state tobacco-control programs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surveillance and Health Policy Research, American Cancer Society, 250 Williams Street, NW, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA. Vilma.Cokkinides@cancer.org
authors.forename: Vilma
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Cokkinides
authors.forename: Priti
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bandi
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: McMahon
authors.forename: Ahmedin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jemal
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Glynn
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ward
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D016540:Smoking Cessation; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D019460:Tobacco Industry; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000517:prevention & control; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution