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31 Ιουλ 2023 · Tobacco fact sheet from WHO providing key facts and information on surveillance, second-hand smoke, quitting, picture warnings, ad bans, taxes, WHO response.
Here are 10 alarming facts from the CDC about tobacco use, costs, and control. 1. Smokers die 10 years earlier than nonsmokers on average. If young people continue smoking at the current rate, about one in every 13 Americans currently aged 17 or younger will die prematurely of a smoking-related illness.
Tobacco fact sheet Key facts • Tobacco kills up to half of its users. • Tobacco kills more than 8 million people each year. More than 7 million of those deaths are the result of direct tobacco use while around 1.2 million are the result of non-smokers being exposed to second-hand smoke.
7 Ιουν 2024 · Here are some health consequences of smoking you might not have heard before… 1. Going Blind. Smoking doesn't do your peepers any good. Smoking increases your risk of age-related macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness in adults over the age of 65. 2. Type 2 Diabetes.
Tobacco products contain nicotine – a highly addictive substance. Tobacco smoke contains more than 7000 chemicals, of which at least 250 are known to be harmful and at least 69 are known to cause cancer. Source Tobacco: key facts. In: World Health Organization [website].
16 Νοε 2018 · Smoking is the cause of 1 in 5 deaths in the US annually. And tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of death.^ [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. “The Health Consequences of Smoking—50 Years of Progress. A Report of the Surgeon General”.
17 Σεπ 2024 · Cigarette smoking is a major public health concern, with over 16 million Americans living with a smoking-related disease. Smoking and secondhand smoke exposure cause over 480,000 deaths in the U.S. each year. Smoking harms nearly every organ of the body and causes many diseases.
