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Then find a current study not one that uses data from two to three + decades ago.....

From the first link: "Washington residents smoke fewer cigarettes than they did a decade ago, dropping 29% between 1997 and 2006..."

In the second link, on page 3, are two clearly-cited reports dated 2007.

The third link, an article from USA Today, was originally posted in August of 2007.

Data in all three articles includes studies from 2000 and later. Older data is provided as context for the current figures.

Since you're obviously confused, Paul, 2006 and 2007 were only 3and 4 YEARS ago, not 2-3+ decades, as you stated (but didn't demonstrate).