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Major health authorities 

 acknowledge tobacco use 

 as a form of drug dependence 

 or addiction with severe 

 adverse health consequences. 



U.S. Surgeon General 1986 — Smokeless tobacco 



U.S. Surgeon General 1988 — Cigarettes and other 



forms of tobacco 



U.S. Surgeon General 1994 — Tobacco and youth 



World Health Organization 



American Medical Association 



American Psychiatric Association 



American Psychological Association 



American Society of Addiction Medicine 



Royal Society of Canada 



Medical Research Council, United Kingdom 



