And hopefully something will happen in Asia, because the smoking rates there are just unbelievably high.
However, smoking rates are still climbing, and no one knows when they will peak.
The Welsh government's aim is to reduce adult smoking rates to 16% by 2020.
Lung cancers in men fell, and CRUK say this is linked to smoking rates.
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In other states, such as California and Utah, smoking rates are as low as 10%.
Although smoking rates have been falling among both sexes, the decline has been less rapid in women.
The high life expectancy in Spain has puzzled experts, as smoking rates in the country are high.
We have hoped that with adult smoking rates going down, the same would have been seen in teenagers.
And by toughening regulations, it could in the long run reduce smoking rates.
The single biggest reason for this good news is reduction in smoking rates.
Russia has one of the highest smoking rates in the world, with more than four in 10 Russians considered smokers.
Adult smoking rates in the city have fallen from 21.5 percent in 2002 to 14.8 percent in 2011, Farley has said.
Cases of lung cancer reflect smoking rates two to three decades earlier, and about 80% of cases are linked to tobacco.
They use the lower NHIS numbers to boast about declining smoking rates, which they attribute to higher taxes and smoking bans.
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Yet public-health statistics show that cardiovascular-disease rates in the county are actually lower than average, probably because its smoking rates are quite low.
Lung cancer, however, has a much lower survival rate, so remains the biggest killer, even though falls in smoking rates have reduced its incidence.
It has set a "national ambition" in England to get smoking rates down to 18.5% by 2015 with ministers talking about the need to "denormalise" it.
Soon afterwards, youth smoking levelled off again, and it was not until the government reinstated the restrictions in 2005 that youth smoking rates dropped once more.
Some of the highest smoking rates are in Southern states, and the proportion of women who failed to finish high school is also highest in the South.
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Results for smoking rates at each age group in 2011 were compared with smoking rates in the same group the year before and extrapolated to the UK population.
"We have seen both developed and developing countries from New Zealand to Uruguay implement highly effective tobacco control plans, bring down the smoking rates and save lives, " she says.
Despite the plateau in smoking rates in men in the 1980s and their subsequent decrease, men still have an increased risk of death due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD.
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This year's ads also feature members of ethnic groups such as American Indian and Alaskan natives, who were not featured in the first campaign but have higher-than-average smoking rates, according to Frieden.
Cancer rates have been falling since the early 1970s when more than 150 men per 100, 000 were diagnosed with the disease, reflecting the peak in smoking rates in the 1940s and 1950s.
Ash press and campaigns manager Felicity Waters told AMs the introduction of the ban in 2007 had created a "significant change in people's behaviour", with a 2 -3% drop in smoking rates.
Smoking rates of 40% or more of the population are common in these regions, making for an extra-tough health hazard when medical services are as limited as filterless, hand rolled smokes are plentiful.
It found that the real culprits of our limited longevity are high smoking rates in the past, high obesity rates today, and to a lesser extent, lack of full access to health coverage for those under 65.
Researchers estimate that in China, where smoking rates are rising quickly, a 10% increase in cigarette tax would cut consumption by 5% and increase revenues by 5%, enough to finance essential health care for a third of China's poorest 100m people.
"Reducing smoking in movies probably helped to reduce rates of smoking in kids, " said study author Dr. James D.
High rates of smoking, obesity and a lack of physical exercise are also particular problems in the region.
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