Chapter 1 Scope of the problem and overall death and disability

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"In the United States during this century alone, the smoking of 26 trillion cigarettes and

556 billion cigars and the consumption of 25 billion pounds of 'manufactured tobacco'

(pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco, and snuff) have produced more than 2.7 million

deaths from lung cancer; more than 7 million deaths from cardiovascular disease; and

more than 14 million deaths from all forms of tobaccosis."

Population and Development Review, June 1990, p. 237 (R.T. Ravenholt)

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The global death toll from tobacco in the 20th century will be about 100 million, a

number roughly equal to the global death toll from all the international wars over the

same period.

San Francisco Chronicle, September 1, 1996, p. 4

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Every day in the United States, nearly 5000 people who smoke either quit or die.

Journal of Pediatrics, April 1997, p. 518

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Tobacco accounted for 2.6% of the worldwide burden of disease in 1990; by 2020,

that figure will grow to 9%.

Washington Post National Weekly Edition, April 13, 1998 (World Health

Organization data)

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An estimated 25 million Americans alive today will die prematurely from

smoking-related illnesses.

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, May 23, 1997, p. 449

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In the U.S., tobacco is the cause of one third of all deaths in people under age 70.

Reuters, September 7, 1998

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