Broader types of Smoking:
Prevalance of Smoking: 22.3% of Americans smoke (CDC); 23 million American women smoke (NHLBI)
Prevalance Rate of Smoking: approx 1 in 4 or 22.30% or 60.7 million people in USA [about data]
Lifetime risk of Smoking:
1 in 2 chance of dying from a smoking-related disease (NIA)
Worldwide prevalence:
1.3 billion people smoking worldwide (WHO World Health Report, 2003)
Prevalance of Smoking:
An estimated 47 million (24.7 percent) adults were smokers in the
United States in 1995 --24.5 million men (27 percent) and 22.4 million
women (22.6 percent).
(Source: excerpt from Facts About Smoking Among U_S_ Adults: CDC-OC)
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Current estimates indicate that about one-third of all adults smoke.
And, while adult men seem to be smoking less, women and teenagers of both
sexes seem to be smoking more. (Source: excerpt from Smoking and Your Digestive System: NIDDK)
Race Profile for Smoking: Among the various ethnic groups, smoking prevalence is highest for American Indians and Alaska Natives (36.2 percent), and lowest for Asian-Pacific Islanders (16.6 percent). (Source: excerpt from Facts About Smoking Among U_S_ Adults: CDC-OC)
Racial Information for Smoking: Native American women have some of the highest smoking rates in the country (44%), compared to white (29%), African American (23%), Hispanic (16%) and Asian (6%). (Source: excerpt from Native American Women's Health: NWHIC)
Complications of Smoking:
see complications of Smoking
Average life years lost for Smoking: 12 years (NIA)
Deaths for Smoking: 440,000 annual deaths each year are smoking-associated (CDC)
Causes of Smoking: see causes of Smoking
Risk factors for Smoking:
see
risk factors for Smoking
Symptoms of Smoking: see symptoms of Smoking
Complications of Smoking: see complications of Smoking
Inheritance:
see inheritance of Smoking
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Smoking.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Smoking.
Treatments for Smoking:
see treatments for Smoking
Research for Smoking:
see research for Smoking
Cost statistics for Smoking:
The following are statistics from various sources about costs and Smoking:
Organs and body systems related to Smoking include:
Main name of condition: Smoking
Other names or spellings for Smoking:nicotine dependence
Tobacco smoking, Cigarettes
Source - Diseases Database
Smoke
Source - WordNet 2.1
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