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Watch live: Serving Those Who Serve, Embracing Tobacco Harm Reduction
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Though tobacco use has been declining in the U.S., service members and military veterans continue to have higher rates of tobacco use than civilians. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, cigarettes remain the number one preventable cause of death in the United States, and veterans smoke cigarettes at significantly higher rates than the national average. In fact, more than 1in 5…