Cigarette Smoking in the US
How many people in the US smoke?
In the United States, about one fifth of the adult population are smokers. This works out at 25 million men and 21 million women.
In addition, approximately 23% of high school children smoked at least one cigarette in the last thirty days. This equates to 4.1 million children.
In the US, one person dies from smoking tobacco every 72 seconds.
Smokers are in general less healthy than non smokers. Statistics show that health issues more commonly affecting smokers include:
- Sleep disturbance (10x more likely)
- Sinus and congestive problems (3.5 times more likely)
- High blood pressure (twice as likely)
- Colds and coughs (4 x the frequency)
- Migraines (5 x the frequency)
- Fatigue (17 x the frequency)
The prevalence of smoking is higher in those who have spent less time in school (9-11 years - incidence 38%) and those who are living on the poverty line (33%).
It is thought that up to three quarters of all heart attacks are caused by smoking cigarettes.
90% of all smokers start to smoke before the age of 20. 50% have already started by the time they are 14.
Lung Cancer
It is known that over 90% of all lung cancers are directly attributable to smoking or second hand smoke. In the US, more people die from lung cancer than any other cancer. Remember, 90% of these deaths could have been avoided if there were no such thing as smoking! Breast cancer used to be the most common cause of cancer in women in the US, but this has now been overtaken by lung cancer. In fact, lung cancer causes more deaths than the sum of the next three most common cancers - bowel, breast and prostate.
60% of people who get lung cancer will die within the year that they are diagnosed with the disease.
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