| The Tobacco Reference Guide |
| by David Moyer, MD. |
| Chapter 3 Mortality And Longevity Data |
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| "Each year the tobacco companies have to replace two million American smokers. A |
| million and a half kick the habit annually. Another half-million or so are bulldozed into |
| early graves because they couldn't quit." |
| New York Times, October 21, 1996, p. A17 (Bob Herbert) |
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| Since the poor are more likely to smoke than the rich, their risk of premature death is |
| also greater. In high and middle income countries, men in the lowest socioeconomic |
| groups are up to twice as likely to die in middle age as men in the highest |
| socioeconomic groups, and smoking accounts for at least half of their excess risk. |
| Curbing the Epidemic, executive summary |
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| The average life expectancy of smokers is 8 years less than that of nonsmokers. |
| British Medical Journal, October 8, 1994, p. 907 |
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| The difference in life expectancy from birth between smokers and nonsmokers is 7.3 |
| years for men and 6.0 years for women. |
| NEJM, February 12, 1998, p. 471 |
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| Cigarettes are responsible for 30% of the deaths in middle age in the United States |
| and Great Britain. |
| British Medical Journal, October 8, 1994, p. 937 |
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