For more statistics, please use the following links:
Cancer Facts and Figures 2008
Cancer Facts and Figures for African Americans 2007-2008
Cancer Fact & Figures for Hispanics 2006-2008
Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Facts & Figures 2008
Breast Cancer Facts & Figures 2007-2008 |
Tobacco-Related Cancers Statistics 2008
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Lung cancer is the leading cause
of cancer death in the US for both men and women. (Source:
Cancer Facts & Figures 2008)
• Lung cancer estimates for 2008 (Source: Cancer Facts &
Figures 2008):
o New cases – 215,020
o Deaths – 161,840
• Eighty-seven percent of lung cancer deaths can be attributed
to tobacco use. (Source: Cancer Prevention and Early Detection
2008)
• Half of all Americans who continue to smoke will die from
smoking-related diseases.
• Besides lung cancer, tobacco use also causes increased risk
for cancer of the mouth, nasal cavities, larynx, pharynx,
esophagus, stomach, liver, pancreas, kidney, bladder, and
uterine cervix, as well as myeloid leukemia (Source: Cancer
Prevention and Early Detection 2008)
• In the US, tobacco use is responsible for nearly one in five
deaths or an estimated 438,000 deaths each year between
1997-2001 (Source: Cancer Facts & Figures 2008)
• Smoking accounts for at least 30 percent of all cancer
deaths. (Source: Cancer Facts & Figures 2008)
• In 2005, an estimated 45 million US adults (almost one
quarter of the population) were current smokers. (Source: MMWR)
• In 2005, 14% of US high school students reported smoking at
least one day in the previous month. (Source: Cancer
Prevention & Early Detection Facts & Figures 2008)
• Each year, secondhand smoke may be responsible for about
3,000 lung cancer deaths in nonsmoking adults and an
additional 35,000 to 40,000 cases of heart disease in people
who are not current smokers. (Source: Cancer Facts and Figures
2008)
• Cigar smoking has health consequences similar to those of
tobacco, including cancer of the lung, oral cavity, larynx,
esophagus, and pancreas. (Source: Cancer Facts and Figures
2008)
• Among adults age 18 and older, national data showed 14
percent of men and 2 percent of women were current users of
chewing tobacco or snuff. (Source: Cancer Facts and Figures
2008)
• Oral cancer occurs several times more frequently among
chewing tobacco or snuff users compared with non-tobacco
users. (Source: Cancer Facts and Figures 2008)
• Smoking-related medical costs totaled $75.5 billion in 1998
and accounted for 8 percent of personal health care medical
expenditures. This translates to $1,623 in excess medical
expenditures per adult smoker in 1999. (Source: Cancer Facts &
Figures 2008)
• In 2001, states spent an estimated $12 billion in Medicaid
costs alone related to treating smoking-attributable
illnesses. (Source: Cancer Facts & Figures 2008)
• Smoking, on average, reduces life expectancy by
approximately 14 years.
• Smoking caused more than $167 billion in annual
health-related economic costs, including adult
mortality-related productivity costs, adult medical
expenditures, and medical expenditures for newborns.
• For each pack of cigarettes sold in 1999, $3.45 was spent on
medical care due to smoking and $3.73 was lost in
productivity, for a total cost to society of $7.18 per pack.
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