Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 (IHME, 2021)
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Thanks primarily to the decline in smoking, lung cancer rates are on the decline, and overall age-adjusted cancer mortality rates are falling, too
Key Report Findings on Youth E-cigarette Use In 2021, 11.3% of high-school (1.72 million) and 2.8% (320,000) of middle-school students reported current e-cigarette use, according to the FDA and CDC
Get weekly health news For tobacco in particular, These health benefits translate into economic benefits down the line because these people become more productive on their jobs and they have better-paid jobs that end up offsetting any taxes that they may be paying, more than high-income people. Many poorer people also have to pay the costs of tobacco or alcohol-related diseases, according to Rachel Nugent, chair of The Lancet NCD economics taskforce