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Smoking
- According to WHO, every 10 seconds another person dies as a result of tobacco use.
- Estimated by WHO in 1997, 1100 million people have smoked, representing about one-third of the global population aged 15 or above, the vast majority being in developing countries.
- Worldwide, the vast majority of smokers are men.
- Estimated by WHO, the total number of cigarettes consumed annually in the period 1990-1992 was 6.05 billion (including 0.75 billion bidis, 0.1 billion hand-made [roll-your-own: RYOs], and 5.2 billion manufactured cigarettes and kreteks [clove-flavored cigarettes]). Accordingly, the total annual consumption of unmanufactured tobacco in that period was 6.5 milliard.
- Estimated by WHO, by 1994, the World's production of unmanufactured tobacco was about 5,747,390 metric tones (dry weight), of which 36.3% was produced in China (the world's foremost producer), 11.2% in the US, 8.3% in India, 6.4% in Brazil and 3.1% in Turkey.
- Estimated by WHO, by 1994, about 5.5 billion cigarettes were produced in the world, more than half of which being manufactured in China, USA, Japan, and Germany.
- Estimated by WHO, by 1995, almost two million people in developing countries were dying each year from tobacco; about 25% of all male deaths in developing countries were due to smoking.
- Estimated by WHO, among men in developing countries, smoking is to be the cause of 90-95% of lung cancer deaths, 75% of chronic obstructive lung disease deaths, over 20% of vascular diseases deaths, and 35% of cardiovascular disease deaths in people aged 35-69.
- According to an estimation reported by the American Lung Association (online Fact Sheet July 1999), about 430,700 Americans die each year from diseases caused by smoking; smoking is responsible for an estimated one in five U.S. deaths.
- According to an estimation reported by the American Lung Association (online Fact Sheet July 1999), each day, more than 3000 teens start smoking regularly; that is more than one million annually.
- There is no uniform, close-to-reality, official estimation of the world's tobacco use by children; there is no clear estimation of the number of cigarette vending machines globally available to children.
- According to WHO, even when laws banning the sale of cigarettes to children exist, relatively few countries have been successful in ensuring that they are respected.
Health hazards of tobacco smoking (major headlines):
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Smoking causes:
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- Addiction
- Aging
- Bone marrow damage
- Cancer, bladder
- Cancer, blood
- Cancer, brain
- Cancer, breast
- Cancer, cervix
- Cancer, colorectal
- Cancer, esophagus
- Cancer, head & neck
- Cancer, kidney
- Cancer, lips
- Cancer, liver
- Cancer, lung
- Cancer, oral cavity
- Cancer, ovary
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- Cancer, pancreas
- Cancer, pharynx
- Cancer, prostate
- Cancer, sinonasal
- Cancer, stomach
- Cancer, thyroid
- Cardiac infarction
- Chronic Bronchitis
- Coronary heart disease
- Cough & phlegm production
- Decreased physical fitness
- Dental disease
- DNA damage
- Edema of vocal cords
- Endocrinological disorders
- Gastrointestinal disease
- Gingival inflammation
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- Hearing loss
- Hyperlipidemia
- Hypertension
- Infant death
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Lung emphysema
- Lung function impairment
- Metabolic disorders
- Neurological, brain disorders
- Ocular disease
- Osteoporosis
- Premature babies
- Preterm deliveries
- Psychiatric, behavioral disorders
- Renal disease
- Reproductive disorders
- Sensory neural disorders
- Stroke
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Smoking has been linked to:
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- Alcoholism
- Allergy
- Arthritis
- Asthma
- Craniosynostosis in the child
- Diabetes
- Earlier onset of menopause
- Ewing's sarcoma
- Fetal malformation
- Folicular non-Hodgkin lymphoma
- Hypertension in the child
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- Illicit drug use
- Infertility
- Interaction with medicines
- Menstrual cycle disorders
- Peptic ulcer
- Peridontal bone loss
- Pneumococcal infection
- Psoriasis
- Slow healing of bone fracture
- Slow healing of wounds
- Suicide
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