THE FACTS ABOUT SMOKING

The FACTS about SMOKING 1.35 billion people smoke world wide... .... that's 1 out of every 5 people U.S. Racial Distribution of adults who smoke 9.6% American Indians/ Alaska Natives Whites 13.3% 36.4% African Americans 19.8% Hispanics 21.4% Asian Americans 25% of high school students are smokers 1,000 persons younger than 18 years of age become regular smokers everyday (i.e., begin smoking on a daily basis) 5 million Deaths per year in the world caused by cigarette smoking 443,000 Deaths per year in the US caused by cigarette smoking... 1- తే త ల తత్ ... more than alcohol, car accidents, suicides, AIDS, homicide, and illegal drugs combined or about one in five deaths annually... Life Expectancy Average US adult 78 Average US smoker 64 An estimated 49,000 of tobacco-related deaths are the result of secondhand smoke in the United States Annually, in the United States, cigarette smoking costs more than $193 billion $97 billion + $96 billion in lost productivity in health care expenditures States have billions from tobacco excise taxes and tobacco industry legal settlements for preventing and controlling tobacco use, but spend only 3% tobacco control programs Funds available for controlling tobacco use: $24.9 billion amount actually spent by Only 5 out of 100 people who attempt to quit smoking succeed states More than 4,000 individual compounds have been identified in tobacco and tobacco smoke methoprenecadmium nickel formaldehyde polonium þutane cyanide naphthalene lead benzene arsenic ammonia Among these are more than 60 compounds that are known carcinogens.