Smoking Statistics

• Being responsible for more than 118,000 deaths, COPD was the fourth most important cause of death in the United States in the year 2001.



• Due to Tobacco induced lung cancer, 124, 0000 deaths were recorded from 1995 to 1999.



• Smoking or other form of tobacco use killed 440,000 people which make it about 20% of total deaths in the U.S. from 1995 to 1999.



• Each year passive smoking causes 3,000 cancer deaths and 300,000 sufferers from respiratory tract infections.



• Medical cost on tobacco induced diseases exceeds $75,000,000,000 per year.



• Any type of tobacco use during pregnancy is responsible for lower birth weight, a major reason behind sudden infant death syndrome.



• Tobacco is responsible for productivity loss greater than $80,000,000,000 per year.