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world facts on smoking
DIR By: guest7
Date: October 30, 2021, 8:05 am
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25 Global Smoking Facts and Statistics
There are 1.3 billion smokers in the world today, according to
the World Health Organization (WHO).1 If the trend continues,
that number is expected to increase to 1.6 billion by the year
2025.
Tobacco kills more than 8 million people each year, translating
to one smoking-related death every five seconds.1 That is a
million more deaths than occur each year as a result of HIV,
tuberculosis, and malaria combined.2
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC), there were 37.8 million smokers in the United States in
2016.3
Over 16 million Americans are currently living with a
tobacco-related disease, including chronic obstructive pulmonary
disorder (COPD).4
Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio,
Tennessee, and West Virginia are eight states where at least
21.8% of adults are smokers.5 In West Virginia, one of every
four adults is a current smoker.
More than 480,000 Americans die each year of smoking, accounting
for one of every five deaths.4
On average, smoking will cut 13 years from your life expectancy.
If you have HIV, that number will increase to 16 years.6
Lung cancer is not the only malignancy you can get from smoking.
Others include cancer of the bladder, blood, bone marrow,
cervix, colon, esophagus, kidneys, larynx, liver, mouth,
pancreas, rectum, stomach, and throat.
In addition to cancer, smoking can greatly increase your risk of
coronary heart disease and stroke.
Smoking is a problem that hits poorer people hardest. In fact,
80% of the world's smokers live in low- to medium-income
countries. Even in the U.S., 24.3% of people living below the
poverty line are smokers compared to 14.3% of those living above
the poverty line.
China is home to 300 million smokers who consume approximately
1.7 trillion cigarettes annually or roughly three million
cigarettes per minute.2 One of every three cigarettes smoked
globally is in China.
Worldwide, around 10 million cigarettes are purchased per
minute, 15 billion are sold per day, and upwards of six trillion
are produced and used every year.
A typical cigarette can contain anywhere from 8 to 9 milligrams
of nicotine. By contrast, the nicotine content in a cigar can
run anywhere from 100 milligrams to 400 milligrams.
There is enough nicotine in five cigarettes to kill an average
adult if ingested whole.9 Most smokers take in an average of 1
to 2 milligrams of nicotine per cigarette, of which 0.03
milligrams is absorbed into the bloodstream.
There are more than 7,000 chemicals in tobacco smoke, of which
more than 250 are known to be harmful, more than 69 are known to
cause cancer, and 16 are classified as Group I carcinogens.
Benzene is a major cause of acute myeloid leukemia. Not
surprisingly, cigarette smoke is the major source of benzene.
Among smokers in the United States, 90% of their benzene
exposure will come from cigarettes.
Radioactive lead, polonium, and hydrogen cyanide can all be
found in cigarette smoke. History buffs will recognize hydrogen
cyanide as a compound used in World War II as a genocidal agent.
Of the 8 million smoking-related deaths reported around the
world each year, 1.2 million are the result of secondhand smoke.
Despite what some may tell you, there is no safe level of
exposure to secondhand smoke.
Tobacco costs the U.S. economy more than $300 billion each year.
Of this, $170 billion goes toward medical care, while more than
$156 billion is attributed to lost productivity due to illness
and death.
While fewer young adults are smoking cigarettes in the U.S.
today, about 1,600 adolescents try their first cigarette every
day. It's estimated that nearly 200 youth start smoking
every day.
Statistics suggest that 5.6 million children living today in the
U.S. will die of a smoking-related disease. That is equal to one
of every 13 children.
There are approximately 399 million smokers in the the Western
Pacific Region (comprised of East Asia, the Pacific, and
Oceana), and nearly half of the adult men living there are
current tobacco smokers.
Only 20% of the world's population is protected by smoking
laws, mostly in high-income countries.
Globally, tobacco causes more than 7 million deaths per year,
with estimates climbing to 8 million by 2030.
The WHO has concluded that half of all smokers will die as a
result of tobacco use.
If you're a smoker who is wishing to quit, make your mind up
to dig your heels in and do the work need to stop smoking today.
You will not regret
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