Deaths from Smoking

Deaths from Smoking: 440,000 annual deaths each year are smoking-associated (CDC)

Death rate extrapolations for USA for Smoking: 440,000 per year, 36,666 per month, 8,461 per week, 1,205 per day, 50 per hour, 0 per minute, 0 per second.

Deaths information for Smoking: An estimated 400,000 deaths each year are caused directly by cigarette smoking. (Source: excerpt from Smoking and Your Digestive System: NIDDK)

Average life years lost from Smoking: 12 years (NIA)

Life years lost from Smoking: Smoking doesn't just cut a few months off the end of your life. It reduces the life of the average smoker by 12 years. (Source: excerpt from Smoking It's Never Too Late to Stop - Age Page - Health Information: NIA)

Death statistics for Smoking: The following are statistics from various sources about deaths and Smoking:

• Death rate is 2-3 times higher than non-smokers
• Estimated to cause 10 million deaths per year worldwide by 2020 (WHO Web Site)
• 1.2 million deaths in Europe (The European Heart Network)
• 45,000 African American deaths each year in America (CBCF Health Organisation, 2004)
• 1.2 million deaths from smoking in Europe (The European Heart Network, 2000)
• 400,000 deaths annually in the US (Mayo Clinic)

Deaths from Smoking: medical news summaries: The following medical news items are relevant to death from Smoking:

• Cancer deaths take over deaths caused by heart disease
• Diabetes linked to smoking
• Naturally occurring gas causing 20,000 lung cancer deaths in Europe
• Passive smoking during childhood increases risk of adult lung cancer
• Smoking increases the risk of development of hereditary pancreatic cancer
• Targeting high blood pressure in young men
• Warning signs of a heart attack
• Women too are at risk of lung cancer

Deaths from Smoking discussion:

Lung Cancer: NWHIC (Excerpt)

Lung cancer is not the only smoking related cause of death in women. The World Health Organization states that at least 25% of women smokers will die of smoking-related disease such as cardiovascular disease and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). (Source: excerpt from Lung Cancer: NWHIC)

What You Need To Know About Cancer - An Overview: NCI (Excerpt)

Smoking tobacco, using smokeless tobacco, and being regularly exposed to environmental tobacco smoke are responsible for one-third of all cancer deaths in the United States each year. Tobacco use is the most preventable cause of death in this country. (Source: excerpt from What You Need To Know About Cancer - An Overview: NCI)

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