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Morbidity and Mortality
Tobacco-Related Costs and Expenditure
Tobacco Use in the United States
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Tobacco and Disease
Tobacco use causes—
Cancer
Heart disease
Lung diseases (including emphysema, bronchitis, and chronic airway obstruction)1

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Cigarette smoking increases the length of time that people live with a disability by about 2 years.2
For every person who dies from a smoking-related disease, 20 more people suffer with at least one serious illness from smoking.3
Tobacco and Death
Worldwide

Tobacco use causes more than 5 million deaths per year.4
Current trends show that tobacco use will cause more than 8 million deaths annually by 2030.4
On average, smokers die 13 to 14 years earlier than nonsmokers.5

In the United States

Cigarette smoking is the leading preventable cause of death.5
Cigarette smoking is responsible for about one in five deaths annually, or about 443,000 deaths per year.1
An estimated 49,000 of tobacco-related deaths are the result of secondhand smoke exposure.1
Tobacco-Related Costs and Expenditure in the United States
Costs of Smoking
Annually, in the United States, cigarette smoking costs more than $193 billion:1
$193 billion =
+
$97 billion in lost productivity
$96 billion in health care expenditures
Annually, in the United States, secondhand smoke costs more than $10 billion in health care expenditures.6
State Spending on Tobacco Control
States have billions of dollars available to them—from tobacco excise taxes and tobacco industry legal settlements—for preventing and controlling tobacco use. States currently use a very small percentage of these funds for tobacco control programs:
$24.9 billion was available to states in 2007 from tobacco taxes and legal settlements7
States spent less than 3% of the $24.9 billion in 2007 on tobacco control programs8
Investing only 15% (i.e., $3.7 billion) of the $24.9 billion would have funded every state tobacco control program at CDC-recommended levels7
Cigarette Industry Spending
The cigarette industry spends billions each year on advertising and promotions:9
$13 billion total spent in 2005 (latest available data)
$36 million spent a day in 2005 (latest available data)


Available funds:
$24.9 billion
(Amount available to states in 2007 from tobacco taxes and legal settlements)8





What states spent in 2007 on tobacco control programs:8
Less than 3%
What would fund all state tobacco control programs at the CDC-recommended minimum level:7
15%




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Tobacco Use in the United States
Numbers of Smokers
Millions of people in the United States smoke cigarettes.
19.8%
of
U.S. adults (43.4 million people 18 years of age and older)10

are current* smokers
20.0%
of
high school students11


36.4%
of
American Indian/Alaska Native adults10


21.4%
of
white adults10


19.8%
of
African American adults10


13.3%
of
Hispanic adults10


9.6%
of
Asian American adults (excluding Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders)10


*Current smokers are defined as persons who reported smoking at least 100 cigarettes during their lifetime and who, at the time of interview, reported smoking every day or some days.
Starting to Smoke
Thousands of young people and adults begin smoking every day:
Each day, about 1,000 persons younger than 18 years of age become regular smokers (i.e., begin smoking on a daily basis).12
Each day approximately 1,800 adults 18 years of age and older become daily smokers (i.e., begin smoking on a daily basis).13
Quitting
Many adult smokers want or try to quit smoking:
Approximately 70% of smokers want to quit completely.14
Approximately 40% of smokers try to quit each year.10
Cessation treatments found to be effective include the following:15,16
Brief clinical interventions
Counseling
Over-the-counter and prescription nicotine replacement products (e.g., nicotine gum, inhaler, nasal spray, lozenge, or patch)
Prescription nonnicotine medications, such as bupropion SR (Zyban®) and varenicline tartrate (Chantix®)