How many people die of smoking-related diseases each year?
Around 2.5 million people die each year worldwide due to smoking related diseases, a rate of one death every 13 second. Q: 74) What is the death rate due to various smoking related diseases? A: Smoking-related diseases contribute to a large proportion of total death worldwide. For instance, they contribute to 30% in Cuba, 25% in the USA, 15-20% in the UK. Translated into figures, these rates give 400,000 deaths in the USA, 140,000 in the Federal Republic of Germany, 100,000 in the UK, 70,000 in Italy and 23,000 in Australia. Q: 75) What is passive smoking? A: Passive smoking refers to involuntary inhalation by nonsmokers of other people’s cigarette smoke whether in office, on public transport or in the home. It is estimated to be responsible for 4000 to 5000 deaths every year in the USA, around 1000 in Britain and 500 in Canada, while women who are nonsmokers but married to smokers are much greater risk of contracting lung cancer than those married to non smokers. Q: 76) What is the Is
