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Is the Cup Half Empty or Half Full?

Ronald M. Davis, MD

JAMA. 1996;275(16):1281-1284.

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A dozen years ago, then—Surgeon General C. Everett Koop called for a smoke-free society by the year 2000. That goal became a rallying cry for legions of health professionals and health advocates who anguished over the harm wreaked by the most important preventable cause of death in our society.

Only 4 years remain in this millennium, and society as a whole will not be smoke free in the year 2000. In fact, smoking prevalence among adults in the United States leveled off from 1990 to 1993—at about 25%—after 25 years of consistent decline.^1,2 Moreover, smoking prevalence increased in 1995 for the fourth consecutive year among eighth- and tenthgraders, and for the third consecutive year among high school seniors.³

On the other hand, much of society is already smoke free— many workplaces, homes, and public transport lines, for example. Public hostility toward the promotion and use of tobacco continues . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
From the Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Mich.

Footnotes
Reprints: Ronald M. Davis, MD, Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Henry Ford Health System, 1 Ford PI, 3C, Detroit, Ml 48202-3450 (e-mail: rdavis1@smtpgw.is.hfh.edu).

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