Although tobacco control measures have reduced overall smoking rates in the United States (from 42% in 1965 to 15% in 2015), a new report says several vulnerable subpopulations continue to smoke at high rates. The report by American Cancer Society (ACS) investigators calls high rates of smoking among specific subpopulations one of the most pressing challenges facing the tobacco control community.
Despite progress in reducing the proportion of adults who smoke cigarettes, 36.5 million U.S. adults still smoke, according to the latest figures from the CDC.
