Please dont hesitate to drop us a quick note Tobacco use kills almost a half million Americans annually, including 50,000 people who die each year from second-hand smoke. Among women, lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths, and has been for the past 12 years killing 70,000 women each year. Check out the facts below.
Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States.
Tobacco use kills more than 400,000 Americans every year more deaths than from AIDS, alcohol, car accidents, murders, suicides, drugs and fires, combined . 1 Almost 90 percent of adult smokers began at or before age 18. 4 Eighty-five percent of kids who smoke prefer Marlboro, Camel and Newport the three most heavily advertised brands. 5 Cigarette brands favored by youth are more likely than adult-favored brands to be advertised in magazines with high youth readerships. 4 CDC, Projected Smoking-Related Deaths Among Youth United States, MMWR 8 November 1996, Vol.