Statistics
* 100 billion cigarettes are smoked every year.
* Tobacco remains the leading cause of avoidable death in France.
* 66 000 deaths a year are related to tobacco in France and 5 million worldwide.
* Nearly 50% of people aged 18 to 34 smoke.
* Tobacco is the main risk factor for cancer.
* Tobacco is responsible for more than 33% of cancers in men and 10% in women.
* 90% of lung cancers are caused by tobacco.
* A bladder cancer in two is caused by tobacco.
* A regular smoker of 2 died prematurely as a result of his smoking, half the age of 65.
* 80% of victims of myocardial infarction under the age of 45 are smokers.
* Passive smoking kills each year 3000 to 5000 people who do not smoke, 2 / 3 of cardiovascular disease.
* 70 000 100 000 people suffer from thrombosis (presence of a clot in a vein) caused by tobacco.
* Tobacco is the 1 polluter lung: smoke 20 cigarettes match the alert threshold of pollution in the city.
* 8 million people worldwide could die each year from tobacco by 2030, according to a new report on tobacco control, published in February 2008 by the World Health Organization (WHO). 80% of these deaths would occur in developing countries the WHO said.
* 37% of teens ages 11 to 15 smokers feel they can not do without cigarettes.
* Cigarette sales fell by only 1.48% in 2007 from the balance sheet “Smoking and smoking cessation” of the French Office for Drugs and Drug Addiction (OFDT)
* The sale of patches, gum or tablets increased by 30.6% in 2007 compared to 2006.
* 428,770 packages of 50 euros was paid to the French in 2007.
150 states in the world committed themselves early 2008 to adopt measures against tobacco.
Other figures who are thrilled
The life expectancy of people working in casinos places where smokers were many before 1 January 2008, is 63 years old when she was about 84 years for women and almost 78 years for men.
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The smoking ban
* The policies banning smoking in public places has decreased 11% admissions to hospital emergency threat of heart attack in Italy and 17% in Scotland.
* On 1 January 2008, the smoking ban extends to bars, restaurants, casinos and nightclubs that have an adaptation period of eleven months.
Stop smoking
* 10% of smokers successfully quit smoking during the last 3 years.
* 75% of smokers tried to stop for 8 days.
* Only 3 to 5% of smokers who tried to quit without assistance succeed in passing the milestone of 12 months.
Life expectancy
The life expectancy of smokers is increased by 9 years if the cessation occurs at age 40.
The life expectancy of smokers is increased by 6 years if the cessation occurs at age 50, she is 3 years if this case occurs at age 60.
The Youth Tobacco
54% of youth aged 20 to 24 smoke, while the proportion of smokers aged 25 to 75 years is 29%.
* Children of smokers may be more addicted to tobacco
* A package of prevention of smoking for 12-18 years
* The European campaign Help-For a Life Without Tobacco has launched an information kit on tobacco bound for * 12-18 years. These kits are available free to teachers on the campaign website, Help-eu.com. They contain a quiz awareness, a brochure and posters and small gifts “Help”. (Sources Relax News)
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The cost to the community
According to a study efffestuée in 2005 for the Center for Drugs and Drug Addiction, OFDT, smoking represents expenditures for the company about 3% of GDP (gross domestic product)
* The expenses shall include medical care and prevention.
* Every smoker spends an average of 1,000 euros each year. (Figure INSEE 2005)
* All smoking costs 772 euros per inhabitant per year.
Recent studies have revealed that smoking a few cigarettes per day was sufficient to cause adverse effects on health. There is no threshold below which smoking is harmless. The risk of suffering from lung cancer, for example, depends on the number of cigarettes smoked per day but also the number of years of smoking.