
9 Deadly Facts
1. Tobacco companies make a narcotic, which kills 1,200 Americans every day.
2. 4.9 million people die each year from tobacco products.
3. In 1990, a tobacco company put togther a plan to stop coroners from listing tobacco as a cause of death on death certificates.
4. About 1 out of every 5 deaths in the U.S. can be attributted to tobacco products.
5. In 2001, tobacco companies spent about $11 billion marketing
their products. That's a billion more than the year before.
6. Unlike food and drug companies, tobacco companies are
not required to include any ingredients on their packaging.
7. Secondhand cigarette smoke kills about 53,000 Americans
each year.
8. Tobacco kills more American than AIDS, drugs, homicides,
fires, and auto accidents combined.
9. Cigarettes will eventually kill a third of the people who use them.
