Tobacco Use Consequences

Between 1964 and 2004, cigarette smoking caused an estimated 12 million deaths, including 4 million deaths from cancer, and 5.5 million deaths from cardiovascular diseases. When smoking tobacco, the user inhales tar, nicotine, carbon monoxide, and 200 known poisons into the lungs. More than 440,000 Americans die from tobacco-related causes each year, most of whom began using tobacco before the age of 18.