Tulsa leads list of worst U.S. cities for smoking

 
BY SHANNON MUCHMORE - Tulsa World
Published: January 5, 2011

A national news website has ranked Tulsa as the worst city for smoking because of the large number of people lighting up and the too few who’ve tried to quit.

Oklahoma City was ranked seventh-worst.

According to an article published Monday night on The Daily Beast, 24.6 percent of Tulsans are smokers and they smoke an average of 16.2 cigarettes a day. Nearly 27 percent have tried to quit with gum, 32.8 percent w...


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