This compares to a national rate of 22.9 percent, according to the Centers for Disease Control.
Smoking is the largest cause of death and disease that is preventable.
Dr. Schuh says that the national rate of smoking has stayed about the same since the mid-1990s. Dr. Schuh demonstrates some of the tools people typically use to help them quit smoking. Reducing Michigan's high smoking rate will require aggressive prevention and cessation measures. The WSU School of Medicine, in conjunction with the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, is involved in research for both kinds of programs. Even though health education programs have been effective in communicating the consequences of smoking, and smoke-free work places make it more difficult to smoke, quitting the habit is difficult for most smokers.