id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-5587 Tobacco in the United States - Wikipedia .html text/html 3398 422 70 Tobacco distribution is measured in the United States using the term, "tobacco outlet density."[1] An estimated 34.3 million people, or 14% of all adults (aged 18 years or older), in the United States smoked cigarettes in 2015. Main article: History of commercial tobacco in the United States In 1621, King James prohibited the production of tobacco in England, limiting its growth to the colonies in America.[12] While it would take many years for this to take effect, it influenced other policies. California's adult smoking rate has dropped nearly 50% since the state began the nation's longest-running tobacco control program in 1988. ^ https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/adult_data/cig_smoking/index.htm ^ Adult Cigarette Smoking in the United States: Current Estimate Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) "CDC Fact Sheet Adult Cigarette Smoking in the United States Smoking & Tobacco Use". Smoking and Tobacco Use. Retrieved 2018-12-01. "Current Cigarette Smoking Among Adults in the United States". ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-5587.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-5587.txt