Dreadful Statistics on Smoking

Smoking kills many people each year than any other disease.

90% of lung cancer deaths 80%-90% of emphysema and chronic bronchitis deaths are attributed to smoking.

On average 1 out of 4 men and 1 out of 5 women smoke.

Roughly 1.3 billion people in the world that smoke not to mention those other countless number of people who are secondary smokers (people who breath in the smoke of others). About 1/5 of all young people will end up smoking.

It is currently responsible for approximately 5million deaths each year. If current smoking patterns continue, it will cause some 10 million deaths each year by 2030. Half the people that smoke today -thatis about 650 million people - will eventually be killed by tobacco smoking.
5 Million divided by 365x24x60 = 9.5 people each minute.

It is estimated that tobacco causes 8.8 percent of deaths globally. Thatis the equivalent to roughly 5 million people per year or 13,500 per day or 9.5 per minute.

Over 15 billion cigarettes are smoked worldwide daily. The World HealthOrganization estimates that there are approximately 1.3 billion regular smokersin the world, about one-third of the global population aged 15 years andolder.

Tobacco costs the global economy $200 billion (U.S. dollars) annually. So no tobacco company are going to shut down to save lives, not in anyones life time anyway.