| The Tobacco Reference Guide |
| by David Moyer, MD. |
| Chapter 2 Demographics of tobacco use |
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| About half a billion of the 5.5 billion people now alive will eventually be killed by |
| tobacco. Of the 800 million smokers alive today in developing countries, about 200 |
| million will be killed by tobacco, half in middle age. "What we've seen so far is nothing |
| compared to what you'll see in developing countries...We are expecting a tidal wave |
| of mortality." |
| Dr. Alan Lopez, World Health Organization (New York Times, September 21, 1994, |
| p. A16) |
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| Worldwide, smoking causes one death every 10 seconds, or 3 million people each |
| year. If current smoking patterns persist, in several decades there will be one death |
| every 3 seconds, or 10 million deaths each year. |
| Mortality from Smoking, p. A99 |
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| For young adults who smoke cigarettes regularly, just over half of those who die in |
| middle age will have been killed by tobacco. Overall, regular cigarette smokers lose |
| about 8 years of projected life expectancy (or 16 years, for the half who are killed by |
| the habit: 20 to 25 years for those killed in middle age, plus 5 to 10 years for those |
| killed at older ages). |
| Mortality from Smoking, p. A1 |
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| The annual toll of premature deaths caused by tobacco will rise from 3 million |
| worldwide in the 1990's to 10 million by the year 2025. Half a billion people alive |
| today, including 200 million at present under the age of 20, will eventually die from |
| tobacco-induced disease, half of them in middle age. |
| Lancet, April 28, 1990, p. 1026 |
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