How Dangerous Is Smoking and Tobacco Use?
In today’s world the most preventable cause of death is tobacco use. 5 million people die each year around the world because of tobacco use. If this trend keeps up, we can expect about 8 million people to die from tobacco use by the year 2030. Each year about one in five people die from tobacco use or second hand smoke in the United States. Tobacco smokers end up dieing on average about 13 to 14 years earlier than non smokers. Smoking causes so many different kinds of diseases. Lung Cancer, Ischemic Heart Disease, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Strokes, other kinds of Cancers and many other diagnoses of diseases. Each time someone dies from a Tobacco related disease, about 20 people will also suffer with another kind of major smoking related illness. The tobacco companies spend millions of dollars every day on advertising and promotions. In 2006 they spend 34 million every day. That ends up to be about 12.5 billion in one year. This is a very powerful industry and they have a l
