SURGEON GENERAL’S REPORT. “Smokers’s risk of death from all causes, compared to those who never smoked, has gone up significantly over the past 50 years … “today” cigarette smokers … have a much higher risk of lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) than smokers in 1964, despite smoking fewer cigarettes”
http://www.tobaccofreekids.org/press_releases/post/2014_01_17_sgr50_cigarettes_deadlier