The human toll of tobacco, from INFACT. Started in response to a tobacco executive's statement that the people who die each year from tobacco are just a "computer-generated number." This site shows some of the people who are dead or dying of diseases caused by tobacco. Pictures are accompanied by text written by friends and family.
More than 122,000 British smokers will die prematurely in the year 2000 from a smoking-related disease; article explains.
From the Cancer Network, a survey of smoking trends and their effects during the 20th century.
Factsheet; all sources cited.
Statistics Canada analysis shows that cigarettes and tobacco products not only kill the customer, they also cause debilitating illnesses along the way, such as bronchitis, asthma and high blood pressure.
Annotated collection of links on health effects of firsthand and secondhand smoking, spit tobacco, quitting.
One-third of all fatal household fires in Massachusetts began with a cigarette according this MASSPIRG report. Features map of 1500 cigarette-related fires and assesses the cost.
Scientific paper estimates the injuries, deaths, and costs from smoking-attributable files.
From NIH, brief presentation of effects of nicotine and tobacco products.
Slide presentation outlines individual risks, social trends.
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