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Without concerted efforts to oppose those interests, we will see a gradual reversal of the gains weve made

As many as 9% of all deaths are attributable to tobacco consumption, making smoking cessation the most cost-effective strategy for reducing morbidity and mortality [ 7 , 8 , 9 ]

For example, systems dynamic modeling has quantified all-cause mortality based on estimated lifetime tobacco exposure for hypothetical cohorts (11) and explored the public health implications of potential regulations mandating low-nicotine cigarettes (8, 10)

In addition, poorer health and a higher number of pack years were associated with tobacco withdrawal in current smokers

also see, West R, Sohal T, "Catastrophic" pathways to smoking cessation: findings from national survey, BMJ