“Tobacco is the only legal product that causes death and disability when used as intended. Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of death in the United States” 

                                                                                            U.S. Lung Association

Facts and Statistics

- Smoking-related diseases claim an estimated 438,000 American lives each year
 
- Smoking costs the United States over $167 billion each year in health-care costs including $92 billion in mortality-related productivity loses and $75.5 billion in excess medical expenditures

- Every year, close to 342,000 Americans die of lung disease. Lung disease is America's number three killer, responsible for one in seven deaths

- Smoking is responsible for approximately one in five deaths in the United States This includes an estimated 259,494 male and 178,408 female deaths annually