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Tag Archives: California Department of Health
Among Low California Smoking Rates, One Famous County Lags
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The California Department of Health yesterday announced the state's smoking prevalence rate, which has hit an all-time low of 13.1 percent, the lowest in the nation next to Utah's. (Check out the data here and here.) Lots of local newspaper … Continue reading

