US adult smoking rate rises slightly
Quick ReadUS adult smoking rate rises for the first time in 15 years, nearly 21 pct, CDC says
ATLANTA (AP) — Cigarette smoking rose slightly for the first time in almost 15 years, dashing health officials' hopes that the U.S. smoking rate had moved permanently below 20 percent.
A little under 21 percent of U.S. adults said they smoked, according to a 2008 national survey by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That's up slightly from the year before, when just 19.8...
