Smoking remains the leading preventable cause of death in the U.S., and it is driving up our healthcare costs, on the flip side, tobacco-control measures save lives and save money. The states that do more on tobacco control see their people live longer and cost less in health care.

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Your longevity and health are more determined by your ZIP code than they are by your genetic code.

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Where you live in the United States shouldn't determine how long and how healthy you live - but it does, far more than it should.

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The level of outbreak is beyond anything we’ve seen - or even imagined.

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It is the world's first Ebola epidemic, and it's spiraling out of control. It's bad now, and it's going to get worse in the very near future. There is still a window of opportunity to tamp it down, but that window is closing. We really have to act now.

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The bottom line here is that I have no doubt that we will control this importation or this case of Ebola so that it does not spread widely throughout this country. There's no doubt in my mind, we will stop it here.

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I could not possibly overstate the need for an urgent response.

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Unfortunately, it is possible in the coming days that we will see additional cases of Ebola.

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It is certainly possible that someone who has had contact with this patient could develop Ebola, but there is no doubt in my mind that we will stop it here.

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Her experience as state health commissioner is important to understanding the needs of public health.

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They had very high kill rates in the mosquito traps there.

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We need a robust response to protect American women and reduce the number of families affected( by Zika), anything we don't do now, we will regret later.

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The risk to delegations going and athletes is not zero, but the risk of any travel isn't zero. The risk is not particularly high other than for pregnant women.

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We need it back to keep Ebola from roaring back.

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This study is another good documentation that tobacco control really is a best buy, we need to invest in it because it will save lives and save money.

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It’s one of the things that makes it harder for Zika to spread in places that aren’t very crowded and don’t have large numbers of the particular mosquito species, it doesn’t mean it can’t happen. But it means it’s unlikely to see a large outbreak.

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There are some new technologies for controlling mosquitoes that might work out, and what we’ve got to do is accelerate testing them out to see if they work. We also have to use the tools we have today to protect people as well as we can today, because it’s likely that we’re going to see more countries affected by Zika and more travelers coming back to the U.S. with Zika.

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We are at risk of losing the race here.

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In spite of having worse risk factors they tend to live longer than those with lower risk factors and higher socioeconomic standards.

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It is the end of the road for antibiotics unless we act urgently.

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I eat a lot of fruit because if I fill up on strawberries or an apple, then I'll have one small piece of cheesecake rather than two big pieces.

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