Tobacco/ Smoking Statistics

• In the USA, smoking deaths are more than the combined deaths that occur due to accidents and AIDS.
• In the year 2008 alone, nearly 3.6 million people died of smoking according to a health research by the World Health Organization.
• A smoker has a higher probability of getting lung cancer and pulmonary tuberculosis than a non-smoker. Statistics reveal that the chances are nearly 40% more for a smoker to acquire lung cancer and other respiratory diseases.
•  People smoking unfiltered cigarettes have a 50% higher risk of acquiring cancer and other fatal diseases.
• Nearly 72% of all the heart patients having severe heart ailments are smokers.
• Pregnant women have a very high risk of miscarriage or the chances of delivering a deformed baby if they smoke because the nicotine affects the health of the unborn bay causing complications in the growth of the unborn baby.
• In the last century itself nearly 100 million lives were lost due to smoking.
• The smoke from cigarettes contains high mounts of carbon monoxide, which adds to the environmental pollution enhancing global warming.