Let's start with a candid discussion of the grotesque realities that surround the smoking phenomenon. This data may be unpleasant for many, but it is important that
you come to terms with what is likely to happen to you if you continue smoking.
In the U.S. alone, 21% of the population (approximately 45 million people) smoke cigarettes. According to the World Health Organization, there will be two billion smokers worldwide by the year 2030.
Numerous independent surveys have indicated that up to 80% of all smokers express a desire to quit. And yet, 3 million people die each year from tobacco related illness!
To put this grim figure into perspective:
- 34,075 people were killed by tigers in India from 1875 to 1912
- An average of 41,975 Americans die each year in automobile crashes
- 1,056,296 lives were claimed by murderers in the U.S. during the last century
- The AIDS virus killed 11,700,000 people from 1981-1999
- Roughly 56,125,262 human lives were ended during World War 2
- 71,000,000 people were killed by cigarettes between 1930 and 1999!*
Add to this the average annual death toll from smoking between 2000 and 2005, and we have a staggering
86,000,000 lives lost. This figure exceeds the sum of all other factors listed above.
So the combined destruction of AIDS, World War 2, and outright homicide accounted for less death than cigarette smoke over a 75 year period. Horrific.
*This figure shows an average of less than 3 million deaths per year, indicating that medical science has created a greater awareness of tobacco-related health problems in recent years. In other words, more people probably died from smoking in the early and mid 20th century than records indicate, because doctors at
that time were not as educated on the myriad detriments that result from tobacco use.
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