Heart disease, stroke, lung disease, cancer and other tobacco-induced diseases kill more people than car accidents, murder, suicide, alcohol, illegal drugs and AIDS combined
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We need that joint commitment to help further reduce smoking and substantially increase the progress against smoking-related deaths. Farhad Islami, MD, PhD Senior Scientific Director of Disparity Research Surveillance, Prevention, & Health Services Research, American Cancer Society One effective way to save even more lives, Islami adds, is to design tobacco control programs targeted to groups that have a higher risk of smoking, such as people of lower socioeconomic status. For example, individuals with only a high school diploma or even less education are 5 times more likely to smoke and die from lung cancer compared with individuals with a college degree