- Estimated 1 Billion deaths in the 21st century from tobacco
- Contains over 4,000 chemicals, including 250 known to harm humans
- 20% of deaths in the U.S. are from tobacco
- 1 person DIES every SIX SECONDS from a tobacco related disease (10 people per minute)
- 600,000 NON-SMOKERS die each year from second-hand smoke worldwide.
http://ash.org/resources/tobacco-statistics-facts/
Smoking can cause cancer almost anywhere in your body:1,2 (See figure above)
Bladder
Blood (acute myeloid leukemia)
Cervix
Colon and rectum (colorectal)
Esophagus
Kidney and ureter
Larynx
Liver
Oropharynx (includes parts of the throat, tongue, soft palate, and the tonsils)
Pancreas
Stomach
Trachea, bronchus, and lung
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/health_effects/ef...