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Cigarette Smoking-Related Mortality
Cigarette smoking is the single most preventable cause of premature death in the United
States. Each year, more than 400,000 Americans die from cigarette smoking. In fact, one in
every five deaths in the United States is smoking related. Every year, smoking kills more
than 276,000 men and 142,000 women.1
- Between 1960
and 1990, deaths from lung cancer among women have increased by more than 400%?exceeding
breast cancer deaths in the mid-1980s.2 The American Cancer Society estimated
that in 1994, 64,300 women died from lung cancer and 44,300 died from breast cancer.3
- Men who
smoke increase their risk of death from lung cancer by more than 22 times and from
bronchitis and emphysema by nearly 10 times. Women who smoke increase their risk of
dying from lung cancer by nearly 12 times and the risk of dying from bronchitis and
emphysema by more than 10 times. Smoking triples the risk of dying from heart disease
among middle-aged men and women.1
- Every year
in the United States, premature deaths from smoking rob more than five million years
from the potential lifespan of those who have died.1
- Annually,
exposure to secondhand smoke (or environmental tobacco smoke) causes an estimated 3,000
deaths from lung cancer among American adults.4 Scientific studies also link
secondhand smoke with heart disease.
SOURCE:
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/research_data/health_consequences/mortali.htm
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