Fifty years ago, the smoking rate in the United States began a long and steady decline, which has rightly been hailed as a profound health advance. But by declaring a “successful” campaign against cigarettes—and the devastation they have wrought—we are celebrating victory with the enemy still among us.
[For more of this story, compiled by Kenneth E. Warner and Harold A. Pollack go to http://www.theatlantic.com/mag...tional-habit/382230/]
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