Chapter 1 Scope of the problem and overall death and disability

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Deaths in the Hiroshima bombing, 140,000, are less than one third of the yearly US

tobacco-induced deaths.

San Francisco Chronicle, August 6, 1994, p. A14

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Worldwide, unless many adult smokers stop, there will be 100 million deaths from

smoking in the next 20 years. In China alone, one third of all males now ages 2 to 29

will be killed by tobacco at present smoking rates. This is 100 million out of this group

of 340 million males, or 3 million each year eventually.

10Th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, Beijing 1997 (Richard Peto)

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40% of total mortality is related to lifestyle issues. Tobacco is responsible for 20%,

poor diet and sedentary lifestyle accounts for 15%, and alcohol causes 5%.

R. Taylor Hays, M.D., Mayo Clinic Nicotine Dependence Center conference, May

12, 1997

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Causes of premature death in the United States include tobacco 38%; obesity, diet,

and sedentary life style, 28% (300,000 deaths per year); alcohol, 10%; infections, 8%;

toxins, 6%; firearms, 4%; sexually transmitted disease, 2%; motor vehicle accidents,

2%; and, illicit drugs, 2%. Overall, unhealthy lifestyles account for 48% of premature

mortality.

Centers for Disease Control data presented at Navy Healthy Lifestyle Symposium,

Pensacola, Florida, September 17, 1997 (Rob Brawley)

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