| Statistic Verification |
| Source: American Cancer Society, Health Land |
| Date Verified: 8.3.2012 |
| Smoking effects almost every organ of the body. Smoking can cause many diseases and reduces the health of smokers in general. More deaths are caused each year by tobacco use than by all deaths from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), illegal drug use, alcohol use, motor vehicle injuries, suicides, and murders combined. The adverse health effects from cigarette smoking account for an estimated 443,000 deaths, or nearly one of every five deaths, each year in the United States. |
| Quitting Smoking Statistics | |
| Percentage of smokers who want to quit altogether | 70% |
| Percentage of smokers who will try to quit this year | 40% |
| Percentage of smokers who will succeed at quitting smoking on their first time | 7% |
| Percentage of people who will quit smoking cold turkey | 3.5% |
| Percent of people who relapse into smoking while intoxicated with alcohol | 50% |
| Average time it takes for toxins to leave your system after quitting smoking | 10 days |
| Reduced rate of dying from smoking if quitting before age 30 | 90% |
| Reduced rate of dying from smoking if quitting before age 50 | 50% |
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