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(Bloomberg) — More than half of American smokers tried to quit the habit as the daily use of cigarettes fell, U.S. health officials say.
About 19% of U.S. adults, or 43.8 million, reported smoking daily or most days in 2011, little changed from 19.3% a year earlier, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week. That’s down from more than 20% in 2005. About 52% of those surveyed reported trying to stop smoking in the preceding year.
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