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Tobacco takes an enormous toll on the health of the public as the cause of 440,000 deaths annually in the United States and 4.8 million deaths worldwide.^1,2 An estimated 8.6 million persons in the United States have serious smoking-related illness.³ The World Health Organization projects that by the year 2030 the use of tobacco will kill 10 million persons annually — including 7 million in developing countries — which will make tobacco use the world's leading cause of preventable death.⁴

In 2001, the prevalence of smoking in the United States stood at 25.5 percent among men and 21.5 percent among . . . [Full Text of this Article]

The 1998 Master Settlement Agreement

Background

Terms of the Agreement

Limitations

Strengths

Winners and Losers

Federal, State, and Local Tobacco-Control Policies

Taxation

Clean-Indoor-Air Initiatives

Support of Smoking-Cessation Programs

International Trade Policies

Conclusions

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From the Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.

Address reprint requests to Dr. Schroeder at the Department of Medicine, University of California at San Francisco, 3333 California St., Suite 430, San Francisco, CA 94143-1211, or at schroeder@medicine.ucsf.edu.

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