California’s quitting smoking faster than the rest of the U.S.

California has been kicking its smoking habit far more successfully than the rest of America – and it may be due to more than four decades of antismoking state policies. That’s according to a study published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Assn., in which a UC San Diego-led team mapped out the prevalence of smoking among high-intensity smokers (20 or more cigarettes per day), moderate-to-high-intensity smokers (10-19 cigarettes per day) and low-intensity smokers (0-9 cigarettes per day). ... read more >>