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Major disparities in smoking rates based on ethnicity, income and sexual orientation: Surgeon general

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83% Informative

Cigarette smoking and secondhand smoke are responsible for about half a million deaths nationwide annually .

Smoking among Americans living in poverty was more than twice as common, according to a new Surgeon General report.

Smoking was also higher among Americans who identify as gay, lesbian or bisexual.

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91

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96

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55

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formal

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English

Language complexity

66

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offensive

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not hateful

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short-lived

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