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Surgeon General Report

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For over 50 years, the Surgeon General has been warning about the dangers of tobacco use and smoking. The most recent report, The Health Consequences of Smoking—50 Years of Progress: A Report of the Surgeon General, offers information and statistics related to the monetary costs and physical dangers of smoking. Although the number of people who smoke has declined, if the current rates remain the same, nearly 6 million Americans who are alive today and under the age of 18 will die prematurely from a disease related to smoking. Additionally, half of the people today who continue to smoke will die prematurely due to a smoking-related condition.
The Monetary Aspect of Smoking

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With cigarettes costing the smoker $5.51 a pack, if an individual smokes one pack of cigarettes a day it costs him or her $2,011.15 a year. The cost to society and the state’s economy totals $6,588.25 a year, for each one pack a day smoker.

From 2000 to 2012, the U.S. spent $133 Billion on healthcare costs related to tobacco use; furthermore, productivity loss adds another $156 Billion for a grand total of $289 Billion in costs related to tobacco use.
The Physical Dangers of Smoking

With tobacco smoke containing nearly 10,000 compounds and chemicals, hundreds of which are toxic, smoking puts an individual at risk for numerous illnesses and conditions. Smoking causes one out of three cancer deaths in the U.S. and according to Mayo Clinic, every year, lung cancer kills more Americans than breast, colon, ovarian and prostate cancers do combined. Smoking causes 87 percent of lung cancer deaths in the U.S.

Some of the Cancers that Smoking Causes include:

Mouth Lips Tongue Throat Larynx (voice

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