ROCKVILLE, Md., June 11 (UPI) -- Death attributable to smoking is declining, with 200,000 such deaths anually for U.S. men, and 180,000 for women, researchers said.
Brian Rostron of the Center for Tobacco Products at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said smoking is the leading cause of preventable mortality in the United States, but the methods and data used in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's estimates of adult smoking-attributable mortality have not been substantially revised since their introduction in the 1980s.