Smoking and Tobacco Use

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When CDC references tobacco on this website, we are referring to commercial tobacco and not the sacred and traditional use of tobacco by some American Indian communities.
Page last reviewed: July 28, 2022
Content source: Office on Smoking and Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion