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Tobacco

Tobacco use remains the leading preventable cause of death in the United States, causing more than 440,000 deaths each year and resulting in an annual cost of more than $75 billion in direct medical costs.

Nationally, smoking results in more than 5.6 million years of potential life lost each year.

Approximately 80% of adult smokers started smoking before the age of 18. Every day, nearly 5,000 young people under the age of 18 try their first cigarette.

More than 6.4 million children living today will die prematurely because of a decision they will make as adolescents — the decision to smoke cigarettes.

Source: National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Links:

  • Tobacco Use, Income, and Educational Level, May 3, 2002
  • Cigarette Use Among American Indian/Alaska Native Youths, January 25, 2002
  • Illicit Drug Use Among Youths Who Used Cigarettes and Alcohol, December 28, 2001
  • Chronology of Significant Developments Related to Smoking and Health
  • Selected Actions of the U.S. Government Regarding the Regulation of Tobacco Sales, Marketing, and Use
  • Tips For Teens: The Truth About Tobacco - 2000 CSAP 700 pieces per box This series of brochures provides facts and dispels myths about substance use. Information is provided on long-term and short-term effects, physical and psychological risks, impact on sexual performance, and legal implications.
  • MMWR-Trends in Cigarette Smoking Among High School Students ---United States, 1991--2001 - This report summarizes the results of the analysis, which found that although cigarette smoking rates increased during most of the 1990s, they have declined significantly since 1997.
  • Annual Smoking-Attributable Mortality, Years of Potential Life Lost, and Economic Costs --- United States, 1995--1999

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