CDC survey: Most in the US support banning all tobacco sales

By Janelle Chavez | Associated Press

More than half of US adults support ending the sale of all tobacco products, according to a new study led by researchers from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and nearly two-thirds said they support banning menthol cigarette sales.

The poll, published Thursday in the journal Preventing Chronic Disease, included 6,455 US adults surveyed in 2021 — before the US Food and Drug Administration proposed a ban on menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars.

Although cigarette smoking has declined in recent decades, it remains the leading cause of preventable disease, disability and death in the US, where an estimated 30.8 million adults currently

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