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  • Around 5.4 million deaths a year are caused by tobacco.

* Smoking is set to kill 6.5 million people in 2015 and 8.3 million humans in 2030, with the biggest rise in low-and middle-income countries.

* Every 6.5 seconds a current or former smoker dies, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

* An estimated 1.3 billion people are smokers worldwide (WHO).

  • Over 443,000 Americans (over 18 percent of all deaths) die because of smoking each year. Secondhand smoke kills about 50,000 of them.
  • 1.2 million people in China die because of smoking each year. That's 2,000 people a day.
  • Tobacco use will kill 1 billion people in the 21st century if current smoking trends continue.
  • 33 percent to 50 percent of all smokers are killed by their habit.

    * Smokers die on average 15 years sooner than nonsmokers.

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