How Harmful Is Smoking?

• 10% of smokers die before age 55, compared to only 4% of non-smokers.
• 28% of smokers die before the age 65, compared to 11% of non smokers.
• 57% of smokers die before the age of 75, compared to 30% of non smokers.
  
• 30-50% of all smokers will die from smoking. That person will lose and average of 24 years of life. One in three are very high odds!
• Your odds of dying in a traffic accident are 1 in 50!
• Your odds of being murdered are 1 in 100!

Smoking kills over 400,000 Americans every year. That's more people than are killed by alcohol, cocaine, heroin, murder, suicide, car accidents, fires, and AIDS COMBINED! What if three jets crashed head-on, killing all on board. That would be a tragic event. But that's how many people die from smoking in this country everyday!