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Cigarette smoking is the leading preventable cause of disease and death in the United States.
We have an enormous opportunity to reduce heart disease, cancer, stroke, and respiratory disease among members of racial and ethnic minority groups, who make up a rapidly growing segment of the U.S. population. David Satcher, MD, PhD, Surgeon General Major Conclusions of the Surgeon General s Report Cigarette smoking is a major cause of disease and death in each of the four population groups studied in the report. African Americans currently bear the greatest health burden. Differences in the magnitude of disease risk are directly related to differences in patterns of smoking. Asian American and Hispanic women have the lowest prevalence.