Are Tobacco, Health Care 'Vestiges of Slavery?'br Commonwealth Club - The Commonwealth Club of Californiabr Smoking Cessation Summit "End the Epidemic" Conversation: The ProblemThe CDC's Dr. Julie Gerberding and NBC's Medical Expert Dr. Nancy Snyderman headline a panel on why people continue to smoke cigarettes despite the fact it is commonly known tobacco is hazardous to one's health.After 30 years of anti-tobacco measures and negative sentiment, cigarettes still kill more Americans than AIDS, murder, suicide, car accidents and fires combined.