World No Tobacco Day: Progress but not nearly enough, agency says

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World No Tobacco Day: Progress but not nearly enough, agency says

Stats from the CDC:

Overview

• More deaths are caused each year by tobacco use than by all deaths from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), illegal drug use, alcohol use, motor vehicle injuries, suicides, and murders combined.^1,2
• Smoking cigarettes, pipes, or cigars increases the risk of dying from cancers of the lung, esophagus, larynx, and oral cavity.^3,4
• Smokeless tobacco is a known cause of human cancer.⁵ In addition, the nicotine in smokeless tobacco may increase the risk for sudden death from a condition where the heart does not beat properly (ventricular arrhythmias) and, as a result, the heart pumps little or no blood to the body's organs.⁵
• ^{Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of death in the United States}

http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/health_effects/tobacco_related_mortality/