US Cancer Deaths drop at record low due to decrease in smoking

Recent data released by the American Cancer Society, pointed out that in 2015, the most recent year with available data, cancer deaths dropped to 158.6 per 100,000 people, a rate that is 26% lower than that in 1991, and equates to about 2.4 million fewer deaths. “It’s the low-hanging fruit,” said Ahmedin Jemal, the cancer