The infographic above shows the estimated average annual number of smoking-attributable deaths in the United States during 2005 through 2009 by specific causes, as follows: Total: more than 480,000 deaths Lung cancer: 137,989 deaths Other cancers: 36,000 deaths Heart Disease: 158,750 deaths Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: 100,600 deaths Stroke: 15,300 deaths Other diagnoses: 31,681 deaths Poison Center Calls Involving E-Cigarettes The number of poison center calls involving e-cigarettes went from one call per month in September 2010 to 215 calls per month in February 2014
There is, unfortunately, no suggestion that the initiation of smoking is declining, indeed it is still increasing
Last year, researchers at Brown University found that it may also increase the risk of heart disease
Smoking 14 or fewer cigarettes a day increases the risk of dying from chronic lung disease by 20-fold and raises risk of lung cancer death 10-fold
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