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Americans prefer legal marijuana to legal tobacco

For the first time, more Americans prefer legal marijuana than legal cigarettes, according to a new survey.

In an official survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 59% of Americans supported the legalization of marijuana for recreational or medical use.

Meanwhile, a recent Pew Research Center poll found that 57 percent of Americans support a ban on tobacco products.

The fundamental shift in public opinion is the result of decades of anti-smoking campaigns and a simultaneous softening of attitudes toward marijuana.

The results of two opinion polls indicate that support for legal marijuana in the United States is now greater than that for cigarettes.

However, there are signs that marijuana has finally hit a wall after voters in Oklahoma yesterday overwhelmingly rejected recreational marijuana by a 62 percent to 38 percent margin.

Since the 1960s, when evidence of a link between tobacco use and cancer first emerged, tobacco use in the United States has been declining.

Back then, about 20% of Americans smoked marijuana, today that number is only about 10%. But in the last decade, the United States has experienced a marijuana revolution.

Over the past decade, marijuana use has more than doubled across all age groups and now stands at 16 percent. Among those under 30, the proportion rose to 45 percent, a record high.

In the U.S., 21 states and Washington, DC have lifted bans on the drug; Hawaii this week became the latest to move toward full legalization.

In young adults, marijuana can be harmful because it can permanently alter the structure of the developing brain and impair IQ. It can also cause mental health problems in some people who are susceptible to these risks.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) asked 6,455 Americans whether they wanted all tobacco products to continue to be sold.

Results released last month showed that only 42.7 percent were in favor, with the rest against.

The older age groups were more willing to continue selling than the younger ones, but in no age group was the average 50 percent or more.

For comparison, the Pew Research Center, a polling institute based in Washington, DC, surveyed 5,098 Americans.

It found that 88 percent of respondents supported legalization to some degree. Of those, 59 percent said it should be used for medical and recreational purposes.

Approval is highest in the younger age group – up to 72 percent among those under 30 – but drops to less than half among those over 65.

Democratic voters are almost twice as likely as Republicans to support the legalization of marijuana for recreational and medical use.

As part of its recent crackdown on the tobacco industry, California has become the second US state after Massachusetts to ban menthol cigarettes.

This type of cigarette does not put as much strain on the user's lungs as smoking, so they can inhale more deeply. This exposes the lungs to more nicotine and other chemicals in cigarettes.

It is also claimed that the pleasant smell of menthol cigarettes entices people who would not normally smoke to start smoking.

After Oklahomans flatly rejected a plan to legalize marijuana for recreational use, anti-marijuana activists celebrated their victory over a better-funded opponent, so-called “Big Cannabis.”

On the other hand, however, restrictions on the sale of cannabis continue to be relaxed.

Just this week, the Hawaii Senate passed a bill that would allow residents to smoke marijuana for recreational purposes and carry up to 30 grams of it. The bill still needs to be approved by the governor.

But now there are signs that recreational marijuana use has finally reached its limits.

Yesterday, Oklahoma rejected a bill that would have legalized the drug.

Anti-marijuana activist and former White House drug envoy Kevin Sabate called the victory a win for “public safety and common sense.”

The group's anti-marijuana activist and former White House drug envoy Kevin Sabet called the victory a win for “public safety and common sense.”

“The industry cannot buy votes and profit at the expense of our children,” he said.

“Although [activists] Despite spending far too much money, they worked tirelessly to educate voters about the unintended consequences of legalization, ranging from increased drunk driving and workplace accidents to higher rates of youth consumption.”

In November, North Dakota, South Dakota and Arkansas also voted to ban recreational marijuana.

These were three of five states that used the drug in elections at the time. Maryland and Missouri were the last states to support this measure.

Only Idaho, Kansas and Nebraska stood firm and banned the recreational and medical use of marijuana.

However, experts expect that more states will lift their bans in the coming years and that the law may be repealed at the federal level.

Driven by huge profits in California, New York and New Jersey, the U.S. marijuana market has generated sales of about $26.1 billion and is expected to reach $44.5 billion by 2027, according to research firm BDSA.