Inform Me: HEALTH

The World Health Organization estimates that from 1950-2000, tobacco killed 60 million people in developed countries alone. If the trend continues, about 500 million people alive today will be killed by use of tobacco products.

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Cigarette smoking continues to be a leading cause of death in the Unites States, according to the CDC. In a 1995–1999 study:

• Smoking killed an average 440,000 people yearly.
• An estimated 264,087 were male and 178, 311 were female.
• Among adults, lung cancer (124,813) and ischemic heart disease (81,976) were most deadly.
• Among adult smokers, men and women lost an average 13.2 and 14.5 years of life respectively.
• Smoking during pregnancy resulted in an estimated 599 male infant and 408 female infant deaths annually.
• For men, the average number of annual smoking-attributable cancer and cardiovascular disease deaths fell while the number of respiratory disease deaths remained stable.
• For women, the average number of annual smoking-attributable cancer and respiratory disease deaths rose while the number of cardiovascular deaths fell.

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