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In the developing world, tobacco consumption is rising by 3.4% per year as of 2002. [10] The WHO in 2004 projected 58.8 million deaths to occur globally, from which 5.4 million are tobacco-attributed, and 4.9 million as of 2007. [13] As of 2002, 70% of the deaths are in developing countries. [13]
A new paper says that the average loss of life expectancy per cigarette smoked is approximately 20 minutes. ... of preventable disease and death in the United States, killing more than 480,000 ...
Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States, accounting for approximately 443,000 deaths—1 of every 5 deaths—each year. [7] Cigarette smoking alone has cost the United States $96 billion in direct medical expenses and $97 billion in lost productivity per year, or an average of $4,260 per adult smoker.
Overall, air pollution causes the deaths of around ca. 7 million people worldwide each year, and is the world's largest single environmental health risk, according to the WHO (2012) and the IEA (2016). [33] [34] [35]
The average dose of particulate matter inhaled by a nonsmoker exposed to other people's cigarette smoke was equivalent to smoking about eight to 10 cigarettes per year. By comparison, the intake ...
Diseases related to tobacco smoking have been shown to kill approximately half of long-term smokers when compared to average mortality rates faced by non-smokers. Smoking caused over five million deaths a year from 1990 to 2015. [2] Non-smokers account for 600,000 deaths globally due to second-hand smoke. [3]
Smoking is the cause of about 5 million deaths per year. [32] This makes it the most common cause of preventable early death. [33] One study found that male and female smokers lose an average of 13.2 and 14.5 years of life, respectively. [34] Another measured a loss of life of 6.8 years. [35]
Tobacco use is one of the leading preventable causes of death worldwide, causing more than 8 million deaths per year and killing half of its users who do not quit. [3] [11] Current smokers are estimated to die an average of 10 years earlier than non-smokers. [1]