Surgeon General Report Says 5.6 Million U.S. Children will Die Prematurely Unless Current Smoking Rates Drop

Report also finds cigarette smoking causes diabetes and colorectal cancer

Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–January 17, 2014.  Approximately 5.6 million American children alive today – or one out of every 13 children under age 18 – will die prematurely from smoking-related diseases unless current smoking rates drop, according to a new Surgeon General’s report.

Over the last 50 years, more than 20 million Americans have died from smoking. The new report concludes that cigarette smoking kills nearly half…