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Tobacco use is the foremost preventable cause of premature death in the United States, is responsible for approximately 480,000 deaths a year, and has contributed to 208 million premature deaths in the United States since the Surgeon Generals 1964 smoking report
"So smokers feel marginalised because they can't be citizens in public spaces any more, because they're restricted to these kind of 'dirty spaces.'" Tobacco in Australia The government has committed to reduce the number of adults smoking on a daily basis to 10% by 2018 Plain-packaging rules insist that 75% of the front of a cigarette pack is covered by a health warning, and 90% of the back Tobacco taxes rose 25% in 2010, and are now rising 12.5% every year The Tasmanian parliament has discussed a bill that would ban smoking for those born after 2000 Australia has not gone as far as Bhutan, and reportedly also Turkmenistan, which have banned the sale of tobacco products These days, smoking is often taken up by people who are on the lowest rungs of the socio-economic ladder, she points out, "and that adds a burden of shame to people who might already be marginalised"
