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Youth tobacco use nationally has declined over the past few decades, especially when it comes to cigarette smoking, with 34.8% of high school students smoking at least once in the past 30 days in 1995 compared to 1.4% in 2024, according to the U.S

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The CDC says it's linked to 40 percent of all cancer cases, and 30 percent of cancer deaths

But when you look at how much smoking, the biggest preventable cause of death in the UK, burdens public finances, it is said to be double the revenue raised by tobacco taxes, according to Smoking and Health (ASH)

"With California having such a huge population, it's going to be very impactful nationwide," said Cathy Callaway, associate director of state and local campaigns for the society