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. Note: this automatic extrapolation calculation uses the deaths statistic: 440,000 annual deaths each year are smoking-associated (CDC)
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)
The following are statistics from various sources about deaths and Smoking:
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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)
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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