o     Numbers of deaths per year in the United States is 400,000

o     Number of deaths per year is 45

o     Risk for a smoker dying of lung cancer, compared to a non-smoker:                       male-22 times               female-12 times

o     The number of scientific studies on the health effects of tobacco and around 50,000

o     Percentage of adults in the United States who smoked in 1993 is 25%, in 1965 it is 42%

o     Estimated 1993 health care costs due to smoking, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is the total of $50 billion this includes:

o     $26.9 billion for hospital costs

o     $15.5 billion for doctors

o     $4.9 billion in nursing home costs

o     $1.8 billion prescription drugs

o     $900 million for home-health care expenditures

o     Marketing and promotional budget of tobacco companies in 1993 is $6 billion

o     Revenues of the United States tobacco companies in 1991 is $32 billion 

o     The persentage of Smokers (age 12 to 17) who want to quit is 66%