Quote (Nihlathak @ Feb 5 2011 01:51am)
Overview
* More deaths are caused each year by tobacco use than by all deaths from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), illegal drug use, alcohol use, motor vehicle injuries, suicides, and murders combined.1,2
* Smoking cigarettes, pipes, or cigars increases the risk of dying from cancers of the lung, esophagus, larynx, and oral cavity.3,4
* Smokeless tobacco is a known cause of human cancer.5 In addition, the nicotine in smokeless tobacco may increase the risk for sudden death from a condition where the heart does not beat properly (ventricular arrhythmias) and, as a result, the heart pumps little or no blood to the body's organs.5
Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of death in the United States.3
Cigarettes and Death
Cigarette smoking causes about 1 of every 5 deaths in the United States each year.1,6 Cigarette smoking is estimated to cause the following:1
* 443,000 deaths annually (including deaths from secondhand smoke)
* 49,400 deaths per year from secondhand smoke exposure
* 269,655 deaths annually among men
* 173,940 deaths annually among women
Cigarette use causes premature death:
* On average, adults who smoke cigarettes die 14 years earlier than nonsmokers.7
* Based on current cigarette smoking patterns, an estimated 25 million Americans who are alive today will die prematurely from smoking-related illnesses, including 5 million people younger than 18 years of age.8
Secondhand Smoke and Death
Exposure to secondhand smoke—sometimes called environmental tobacco smoke—causes nearly 50,000 deaths each year among adults in the United States:1
* Secondhand smoke causes 3,400 annual deaths from lung cancer.1
* Secondhand smoke causes 46,000 annual deaths from heart disease.1,9,10
Increased Risk for Death Among Men
* Men who smoke increase their risk of dying from bronchitis by nearly 10 times, from emphysema by nearly 10 times, and from lung cancer by more than 22 times.3,11
* Smoking triples middle-aged men's risk of dying from heart disease.11
Increased Risk for Death Among Women
* Women who smoke increase their risk of dying from bronchitis by more than 10 times, from emphysema by more than 10 times, and from lung cancer by nearly 12 times.3,11
* Between 1960 and 1990, deaths from lung cancer among women increased by more than 500%, and lung cancer rates now exceed breast cancer rates among women.12
* Smoking triples middle-aged women's risk of dying from heart disease.11
Death from Specific Diseases
Tobacco use causes disease and death. Each year, smoking causes thousands of deaths from numerous diseases. The following table lists the estimated number of smokers who die each year from smoking-related diseases.
it's worth it tho guiz
fuck it were gonna die anyway. faster i get out of this shit hole the better i say.