Essential Smoking Facts

Smoking has been a common trend in countries all around the world for centuries.  Even though every country has their own statistics, they all ultimately have share the same saddening truth.  Here is a page dedicated to providing shocking smoking facts world wide.

Out of all the smokers in the world about fifty percent of their deaths are smoking related

Becoming a regular smoker can cut your life expectancy by 12 years

In the marketplace today, nicotine is one of the most highly addictive substances

over 1 billion people on the planet smoke

tobacco causes 1 out of every five deaths

Somebody dies from use of tobacco every 8 seconds

Statistics show that twelve times more British people died of tobacco use when compared to the amount of people who died in the Second World War

Smoking costs the economy over 150,000,000,000 in annual health care costs

over 400,000 deaths in the U.S alone are caused by smoking

In China about 1.2 million smoking related deaths occur every year

In Eastern Europe, an estimated 59% of male adults smoke.  Women in this region also have a High percentage. This is more than the East Asia and the Pacific Regions.

80% of smokers started smoking before the age of 21

6.5 million deaths are predicted in the year 2015 and 8.3 million in 2030

25% of deaths in residential fires are caused by cigarettes.  There are roughly 1,000 related deaths and 3,000 injuries each year as a result.

In The United States, 46 billion cigarettes are smoked each year

In Canada the percentage of people that smoke is decreasing.  This number is approaching 18 percent.

In Australia, Children are not allowed to purchase cigarettes nor cigars.  Though Children  are not allowed to purchase, they to consume tobacco.

French Law states that ashtrays are deadly weapons.

In 2005 statistics showed that 17% of Australians were smokers

40% of the 11.2 million Cubans use tobacco products, Also Cuban doctors are the heaviest of smokers within the population

Smoking Percentages among races:

%Men             %Women

Asians                                                   21.3                    6.9

African Americans                              27.6                    18

White                                                     25.1                    21.7

Hispanic/Latino                                   23.2                    12.5

Smokers usually take up 18 days worth of smoke breaks every year.

In China, smokers go through 1.7 trillion cigarettes  a year.

In The United states, More people die from smoking than automobile accidents, AIDS, homicides, and drug abuse combined.

Sources include:  American lung Association, American Cancer Society, Canadian Cancer Society, National Cancer Institute, American Heart Association, Canadian Lung Association