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ADDITIONAL CHARTS PRESENTED 



Addiction: The Numbers 



• Two-thirds of adults who smoke say they 

 wish they could quit. 



• Seventeen million try to quit each year, 

 but fewer than 1 out of 10 succeed. 



For every smoker who quits, 9 try and fail. 



• Three out of four adult smokers say that 

 they are addicted. By some estimates, 

 as many as 74 to 90 percent are addicted. 



• Eight out of ten smokers say they wish 

 they had never started smoking. 



