50 years of anti-smoking efforts have saved 8 million lives

Researchers from Yale University and colleagues estimate that 8 million deaths have been avoided since the first US Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking and Health in 1964. The researchers created a model to compare actual national death rates from 1964 – 2012 with the estimated death rates if anti-tobacco efforts had not taken place. Read more here.

Study mentioned: Holford TR, et al. Tobacco Control and the Reduction in Smoking-Related Premature Deaths in the United States, 1964-2012. JAMA. 2014;311(2):164-171.