| The Tobacco Reference Guide |
| by David Moyer, MD. |
| Chapter 1 Scope of the problem and overall death and disability |
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| The following conditions and outcomes in the United States could be avoided each |
| year if pregnant women and their partners did not smoke: 19,000 to 141,000 |
| spontaneous abortions 32,000 to 61,000 infants with low birth weight 14,000 to |
| 26,000 infants admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit1900 to 4800 infant deaths |
| as a result of various perinatal disorders 1200 to 2200 infant deaths from SIDS. |
| Journal of Family Practice, Vol. 40, 1995, pp. 1-10 (Joe DiFranza) |
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| Smoking kills one in 10 adults worldwide. By the year 2030 the proportion will be one |
| in six, or 10 million deaths per year, more than any other single cause. |
| Curbing the Epidemic, p. 1 |
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| At current smoking prevalence rates, it is estimated that by 2025, tobacco use will |
| account for 9% of the world's total death and disability, triple the current share. |
| JAMA, October 6, 1999, p. 1284 |
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| 10 million Americans have died from tobacco in the last 30 years. |
| Frontline, PBS television, May 1998 |
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| Among current cigarette smokers, 52% of deaths from all causes in men and 43% in |
| women are attributable to cigarette smoking. |
| Changes in Cigarette-Related Disease Risks, p. 405 |
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| There are more deaths from tobacco every six weeks than there were Americans |
| killed in the entire Vietnam war. |
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