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The Tobacco Reference Guide |
| by David Moyer, MD. |
| | Chapter 3 Mortality And Longevity Data |
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| | "Each year the tobacco companies have to replace two million American smokers. A |
| | million and a half kick the habit annually. Another half-million or so are bulldozed into |
| | early graves because they couldn't quit." |
| | New York Times, October 21, 1996, p. A17 (Bob Herbert) |
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| | Since the poor are more likely to smoke than the rich, their risk of premature death is |
| | also greater. In high and middle income countries, men in the lowest socioeconomic |
| | groups are up to twice as likely to die in middle age as men in the highest |
| | socioeconomic groups, and smoking accounts for at least half of their excess risk. |
| | Curbing the Epidemic, executive summary |
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| | The average life expectancy of smokers is 8 years less than that of nonsmokers. |
| | British Medical Journal, October 8, 1994, p. 907 |
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| | The difference in life expectancy from birth between smokers and nonsmokers is 7.3 |
| | years for men and 6.0 years for women. |
| | NEJM, February 12, 1998, p. 471 |
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| | Cigarettes are responsible for 30% of the deaths in middle age in the United States |
| | and Great Britain. |
| | British Medical Journal, October 8, 1994, p. 937 |
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