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Tobacco use kills 443,000 Americans each year. Source: http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/health_effects/tobacco_related_mortality/ http://
by lunchbox 16y ago
Tobacco use kills 443,000 Americans each year.
Source: http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/health_effects/tobacco_related_mortality/ http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/healt...
For perspective:
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- acqq 16y agoThat's "1 of every 5 deaths in US due to smoking," I've submitted it now: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1856015 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1856015 Now how is then smoking less harmful than using some other substance? Or is the evaluation skewed somehow?
- Alex3917 16y agoI'm pretty sure that data is about ten years old, but otherwise it's correct. Overall drug use kills about 1 in 3 Americans.
- kevin_morrill 16y agoTobacco at least only kills the person stupid enough to use it. Drunk driving kills thousands of innocent people.