SMOKING STATISTICS

Smoking and Cancer Know the Facts

• Smoking is the main cause of preventable death in America today with an estimated 438,000 deaths annually, or put another way 1 in 5 deaths, the most common cause is related to lung cancer.
• There are over 4000 chemicals in cigarette smoke, 40 of these are known carcinogens.
• In 2007 19.8% of US adults are smokers and 23% of high school students.
• Smoking causes 30% of all cancer deaths in the US, mostly lung cancer.
• Lung cancer is the leading cause of death for men and women, 90% of lung cancer rates in men is caused by smoking and 80% in women.
• Men who smoke are 23 times more likely to get lung cancer and women are 13 times more likely.
• Smoking causes 87% of lung cancer deaths.
• Smoking is responsible for a lot of cancers namely cancer of larynx, oral cavity, pharynx, esophagus and bladder.
• Smoking increases the risk of pancreatic, kidney, bladder and cervical cancer.
• The longer you smoke, and the higher the amount of cigarettes directly increases your risk of cancer.
• Secondhand smoke is also dangerous to health in fact its estimated to cause 3000 lung cancer deaths per year in America.
• It is estimated that reductions in smoking could prevent 30,200 cases of oral and pharyngeal cancers and 7800 deaths.
• Reductions could also reduce 12,300 new cases and 12,100 deaths from esophageal cancer.