Tobacco connection10/29/2022 ![]() ![]() Tobacco is a known cause of lung, bladder, mouth, pharyngeal, pancreatic, kidney, stomach, laryngeal, and esophageal cancer. cancer, one-quarter of heart disease and about 490,000 premature deaths each year. Nationally, tobacco contributes to about one-third of U.S. The report from the Institute of Medicine (2007) says that tobacco kills more Americans annually than AIDS, alcohol, cocaine, heroin, homicides, suicides, car accidents, and fires combined. (Institute of Medicine 2007) This is more than the number of people who would die every year if three jumbo jets crashed each day with no survivors. In the United States, tobacco use is responsible for nearly one in five deaths, killing more than 490,000 Americans each year. In the U.S., 600 billion cigarettes are smoked every year.Ībout four million people die worldwide each year as a result of smoking. Worldwide, 47 percent of men and 12 percent of women smoke a total of 6 trillion cigarettes a year. The WHO estimates that there are approximately 1.1 billion regular smokers in the world, which is one-third of the global population aged 15 years and older. The death toll is expected to rise to 10 million per year by the 2020’s or early 2030’s, with 7 million deaths occurring in developing countries. This is far greater than the number of fatalities from all illegal drugs and alcohol combined. The World Health Organization (WHO) reports the worldwide death toll from tobacco use is 4 million annually. Tobacco as a risk factor is expected to make a greater claim on health than any single disease. Tobacco is a risk factor for some 25 diseases, and while its effects on health are well known, the scale of its impact on global disease may not be fully appreciated. In the next hour, 50 people will die because of tobacco. ![]()
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