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2008 Smoking: End the Epidemic, a ground-breaking summit on tobacco reform and smoking cessation.
Even though California’s adult smoking rate dropped to a historic low of 15.4 percent in 2004, nearly 4 million Californians continue to smoke making California the state with the largest smoking population. And although the smoking rate among California adults overall is 15 percent, among poor families it’s generally about twice that amount. Another disturbing trend is that youth smoking is on the rise and the decline in smoking rates across the United States is leveling off. It is clear that new antismoking approaches are required.
As long term smokers continue to try to quit but fail and young people continue to get hooked, we must ask ourselves - are we doing everything we can to save the lives of those who are addicted? And, are we doing all that we can to save society the heath care costs and lost productivity costs that eventuality result from the death and disease that smoking causes? What can we do as healthcare providers, employers, policymakers and patient advocates to help smokers quit once and for all?
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