ashtray full of cigarettes

  While Kent State University may be a smoke-free campus, the state of Ohio is another story.Ohio has the fourth-highest rate of cigarette smoking in the country with about one-fifth of residents reported to still be smoking in 2019. This is 11.5% higher than the national average, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.In other parts of the country, increased taxation for smokers has inspired a precipitous decline in rates of smoking. According to a recent article from Ohio Capital Journal, rates of smoking dropped from 20.9% in 2005 to 11.5% in 2021 thanks ...

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