By the Numbers

September 7, 2003

$75 billion
Yearly direct medical costs related to smoking

48.7 million
People who smoke in the U.S.

12.5 million
Acres of trees destroyed each year to provide trees to cure tobacco

442,398
People die every year from smoking-related conditions

38,053
People die every year from second-hand smoke

6,000
People under 18-years-old try a cigarette every day

4,000
Chemicals are used in every cigarette

2,000
People under 18-years-old become daily smokers every day

$1,000
Yearly cost of smoking a pack a day

40
Carcinogens are used to make cigarettes

18
Age that 80 percent of smokers started by

3
Months after quitting when cravings may occur

- American Heart Association, Center for Disease Control and http://www.Quit-Smoking-Stop.com

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