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- Cigarette smoking is the single most preventable cause
of isease and death in the United States; 430,000 deaths annually;
5 million years of potential life lost; with $50 billion dollars of
direct medical care costs annually
- Results in more deaths than AIDS, Alcohol, Cocaine,
Heroin, Homicide, Suicide, Motor Vehicle Accidents & Fires combined
- 35% of adolescence smoke cigarettes; 3000 new smokers
every day
- 24% of adults smoke cigarettes; more than half started
smoking in adolescence
- There is no safe alternative to smoking cigarettes
including chew, cigar or pipe smoking
CSC. Targeting
Tobacco Use: The Nation’s Leading Cause of Death. Atlanta, GA: HHS,
CDC, 1999
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