Tobacco Facts

  • 70% of teen smokers say they wish they had never started. (George H. Gallup International Institute, 1992)
  • Each year, smoking kills more people than AIDS, alcohol abuse, car accidents, murders, suicides, illegal drugs and fires combined. (CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 1990, 1994)
  • More than 200,000 people under 18 alive today in NC will die prematurely due to tobacco-related illnesses. (CDC, State Highlights 2002: Impact and Opportunity).
 
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