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... of $310 million for tobacco control and reject the elimination of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Office on Smoking and Health (OSH). The elimination of OSH will have devastating consequences for the nation’s progress to reduce the suffering and death from chronic ... in reducing tobacco use is at risk of being undone. Smoking kills over 490,000 Americans and costs the nation more than $600 billion a year in health care costs and lost productivity. Tobacco use is the primary driver of chronic disease and the top cause of cancer deaths in the U.S. The ...