he also disclosed in r.j. reynolds patent to try to more than double nicotine levels in their to tobacco products. now, you mentioned earlier that 30 to 40% of the american public in 1994 was smoking. did those hearings impact smoking trends? so, mr. waxman held hearings over 25 year period. describe the health hazards associated with smoking. and they finally started to penetrate it and get into the heads of the public. and smoking rates of smoking dropped as a result. at first, 42% of adults were smoking in the 1960s. by 2018, that had dropped to 41% of u.s. adults. equally dramatic. back in the sixties, 36% of young adults were smoking. by 2018, that level had dropped to under 10%. and that's where it is today. well, it was in 2009 that more anti-smoking legislation was signed into law. here's then president obama. you know, the legislation i'm signing today represents a change that's been decades in the making since at least the middle of the last century. we've about the harmful and often deadly effects o

he also disclosed in r.j. reynolds patent try to more than double nicotine levels in their to tobacco products. now, you mentioned earlier that 30 to 40% of the american public in 1994 was smoking. did those hearings impact smoking trends? so, mr. waxman held hearings over 25 year period. describe the health hazards associated with smoking. and they finally started to penetrate it and get into the heads of the public. and smoking rates of smoking dropped as a result. at first, 42% of adults were smoking in the 1960s. by 2018, that had dropped to 41% of u.s. adults. equally dramatic. back in the sixties, 36% of young adults were smoking. by 2018, that level had dropped to under 10%. and that's where it is today. well, it was in 2009 that more anti-smoking legislation was signed into law. here's then president obama. you know, the legislation i'm signing today represents a change that's been decades in the making since at least the middle of the last century. we've about the harmful and often deadly effects of t