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Each day, more than 3,000 kids, over one million a year, become regular smokers. One-third of them will die prematurely from tobacco-related diseases. Several factors contribute to this national health epidemic, including the roughly $5 billion tobacco companies spend each year on advertising and marketing to attract new smokers. More than 30% of our population smokes or chews. This deadly addiction kills more than 400,000 Americans each year. More than 90 % of all regular smokers began using tobacco at or before age 18!

High School students who smoke: 39%

Kids who become daily smokers each year: 8,100

Kids alive today who will die from smoking: 35,000

Number of illegally sold packs of cigarettes to kids: 1.7 Million*

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