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Cancer
Symposium to Highlight Future of Smoking Cessation and Impact on Public Health
December 6th, 2008
Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death and illness in the United States and adds over $167 billion in annual health-related economic losses.(1,2) Tobacco use and secondhand smoke exposure account for nearly one-third of cancer deaths in America.(3) In Texas alone, approximately 24,200 adults die each year from their own smoking and thousands more die from exposure to secondhand smoke.(4) In an effort to address these alarming statistics Men's Health Network has joined with The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center and several other partners to host the Texas Wellness and Smoking Policy Symposium. The symposium aims to bring together experts in...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2008-12-06)
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