does the tobacco plant cause cancer Oral and tobacco: Risks, early signs, and quitting Smokeless tobacco and cigarette smoking:

Tobacco use remains the leading cause of preventable disease and death in the U.S., killing nearly 500,000 Americans every year and costing over $241 billion in annual health care expenses, more than 60% of which is paid by taxpayers through government programs like Medicare and Medicaid

Sunday Azagba, Todd Ebling, Alperen Korkmaz, Jessica King Jensen, Fares Qeadan, Mark Hall American Journal of Preventive Medicine 50

Like an ostrich with its head in the sand, government health officials avoid, hide or ignore population level quitting data showing that use of approved quitting products is less effective than quitting without them

Just 8% of adults under 35 are smoking cigarettes at least once a week