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Tobacco Prevention Program
Tobacco Factsheets
Local and national tobacco facts
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- Our most recent survey data show that an overwhelming 86.7 percent of adults in King County do NOT smoke cigarettes!
- Nearly 83.3 percent of 12th grade students reported that they do not smoke cigarettes.
- Although 95.4 percent of pregnant women in King County do NOT smoke during pregnancy, 1330 infants are born each year to mothers who do smoke during pregnancy.
- Over 70 percent of King County hospitality workers would rather work in a smoke free environment.
- Nearly 75 percent of smokers say they would like to or plan to quit.
- Over 75 percent of King County voters prefer smoke free dining and drinking.
- Current adult smokers statewide - 17.8 percent
- Twelfth graders that report smoking cigarettes – 19.7 percent
- Pregnant women who report smoking during pregnancy – 10.9 percent
- Annual deaths related to smoking – 8,000
- Non-smoker deaths from being exposed to second-hand smoke at home or in the workplace – 1,000
- State tax dollars spent each year on health care costs resulting from tobacco use - Over $1.5 billion
- Amount tobacco industry spends in Washington state each year to marker their products - $148 million or $500,000 per day
- Number of fewer adult smokers in the state since the Tobacco Industry Settlement and treatment and prevention programs have been started – Over 100,000.
- 44.5 million adults in the United States smoke cigarettes.
- 50 million adults alive today have quit smoking.
- 442,398 U.S. deaths are attributable each year to cigarette smoking and tobacco use.
- Since 1964, an estimated 12 million people have died prematurely due to tobacco use, including:
- 4.1 million deaths from cancer,
- 5.5 million deaths from cardiovascular disease,
- 2.1 million deaths from respiratory disease (such as emphysema), and
- over 94,000 infant deaths related to mothers that smoked during pregnancy.
- 6.4 million people currently 18 years old or younger will die prematurely of a tobacco related disease.
- Tobacco use is also an economic burden—according to the CDC, the result is more than $75 billion per year in medical costs and another $92 billion per year in lost productivity.
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