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Latest ACS Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Report: Smoking Rates Continue Historic Drop, but Cervical Cancer Prevention is Lagging

In a new report released today, American Cancer Society (ACS) researchers discovered mixed progress in major cancer risk factors, preventive behaviors, and screenings in the post-COVID-19 pandemic period among adults in the United States. Smoking rates continued a long-term declining trend during the COVID-19 pandemic, but 27 million adults still smoked in 2023. Breast and colorectal cancer (CRC) screening rebounded after decreasing or stalling during the pandemic.

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