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Do You Know Smoking by the Numbers?

Chris Woolston
CONSUMER HEALTH INTERACTIVE

You know smoking is dangerous. Everybody does. But unless you know somebody with emphysema, lung cancer, or smoking-related heart disease, it's hard to see the threat in real terms. To better understand the risk, it helps to look closely at the statistics. Take this short multiple-choice quiz to see how much you know about the numbers behind smoking.


1. How many Americans die each year from smoking and secondhand smoke?

a. 130,000
b. 440,000
c. 830,000
d. More than 1 million

2. What percentage of smokers first get hooked on nicotine before they turn 21?

a. 25 percent
b. 50 percent
c. 70 percent
d. 90 percent

3. About what percentage of young smokers will eventually die prematurely because of their habit?

a. 5 percent
b. 20 percent
c. 30 percent
d. 50 percent

4. How much does smoking cost the U.S. economy each year, including healthcare costs and lost productivity?

a. $10 billion
b. $50 billion
c. $100 billion
d. $167 billion

5. Compared with male nonsmokers, how much more likely is a male smoker to develop lung cancer?

a. Five times more likely
b. 12 times more likely
c. 22 times more likely
d. 50 times more likely

6. How many fatal heart attacks in the U.S. each year are directly linked to smoking?

a. 50,000
b. 100,000
c. 150,000
d. More than 200,000

7. Roughly 45 million Americans are current smokers. How many of them have already tried to quit?

a. 10 million
b. 18 million
c. 45 million
d. Practically all of them



First published Dec 17, 2001


Last updated Aug 27, 2007


Copyright © 2001 Consumer Health Interactive, a CVS Caremark company


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