Review of the current status of smoking cessation in the USA: progress and opportunities

Let me welcome you all here on behalf of the planning committee. It is nice to see a year's worth of planning realised in a day and a half. It is an axiom that it helps you to get there if you know where you are going, and in the smoking control area, the federal government's Year 2000 goals have given us a sense of where we need to be headed. But if you have ever tried to find your way in a big shopping mall, it turns out it also helps you to get there if you know where you are. So the next two talks will provide the "You are here" sign for us.