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Tobacco Prevention Program - Data

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Each year 438,000 people die of tobacco related illness in the U.S., costing $167 billion in healthcare costs and lost productivity. On average, men who smoke cut their lives short by 13.2 years, and female smokers lose 14.5 years. Each day more than 4,000 kids under 18 try their first cigarette, and more than 1,500 other kids under 18 become established daily smokers. In 2003, major cigarette companies spent $41 million a day marketing their deadly products. Secondhand smoke costs the U.S. economy nearly $10 billion a year, ranging from medical bills to lost hours on the job. The tobacco industry spend 25 times more marketing cigarettes than states did to prevent smoking and help smokers quit in 2003. Data from the American Lung Association