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Americans' assessment of the harmfulness of smoking 2017

How harmful do you feel smoking is to adults who smoke?

This survey conducted in 2017 shows how American adults feel about the harmfulness of smoking. 65% of the respondents who smoke less than one pack of cigarettes a day stated they believe smoking to be very harmful to adults.

Very harmful	65	56	51
Somewhat harmful	29	30	35
Not too harmful	3	7	8
Not at all harmful	2	5	2
Depends	1	1	2

Americans' assessment of the harmfulness of smoking 2017

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