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This Viewpoint discusses the ways in which the tobacco industry can advance their stated goals of harm reduction and a smoke-free future.

Steven H. Woolf, MD, MPH; Derek A. Chapman, PhD; Jong Hyung Lee, MS In any year, keeping track of new health trends can be difficult. But this year, the dynamic nature of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has made clarity almost impossible. Declines in mortality, after daily COVID-19–related deaths peaked last spring, initially fueled hope that the worst was over. But following a summer increase in deaths, trends have accelerated even faster. This fall, a million new cases of severe a...