women
developing countries
0.3 million
women
industrialised countries
0.5 million
Total deaths
Premature deaths
from tobacco
worldwide
2000
total deaths
4.2 million
men
3.4 million
women
0.8 million
men
developing countries
1.8 million
men
industrialised countries
1.6 million
09/Deaths
CYAN
MAGENTA
YELLOW
BLACK
M E N
as percentage of total deaths
among men and women over 35
2000 regional estimates
over 25%
20% – 24%
15% – 19%
5% – 9%
10% – 14%
under 5%
W O M E N
Dying in your prime
more than 25% of
35 – 69 year olds
living above these lines
will die from tobacco use
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Cigarettes kill half of all lifetime
users. Half die in middle age –
between 35 and 69 years old.
No other consumer product is
as dangerous, or kills as many
people. Tobacco kills more than
AIDS, legal drugs, illegal drugs,
road accidents, murder, and
suicide combined.
Tobacco already kills more men
in developing countries than in
industrialised countries, and it is
likely that deaths among women
will soon be the same.
While 0.1 billion people died
from tobacco use in the 20th
century, ten times as many will
die in the 21st century. Maternal
smoking during pregnancy is
responsible for many foetal deaths
and is also a major cause of
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
Passive smoking in the home,
workplace, or in public places
also kills, although in lower
numbers. However, those killed
do not die from their own habit,
but from someone else’s.
Children are at particular risk
from adults smoking, and even
smoking by other adults around
a pregnant woman has a harmful
effect on a foetus.
Deaths
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Past and future
Annual deaths due to tobacco
estimated worldwide
1950–2030 projected
industrialised countries
developing countries
2000
1975
1950
1950
1975
2000
2025
to
2030
0.3
million
1.3
million
2.1
million
3
million
projected
0.2
million
negligible
2.1
million
7
million
projected
2025
to
2030
of everyone alive today
will eventually be killed by tobacco
Deaths from tobacco use
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