Cigarette smoking causes about one of every five deaths in the United States each year.1,6 Cigarette smoking is estimated to cause the following:1. 1  More than 480,000 deaths annually (including deaths from secondhand smoke) 2  278,544 deaths annually among men (including deaths from secondhand smoke)
https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/health_effects/tobacco_related_mortality/index.htm
Marijuana is far less dangerous than alcohol or tobacco. Around 50,000 people die each year from alcohol poisoning. Similarly, more than 400,000 deaths each year are attributed to tobacco smoking. By comparison, marijuana is nontoxic and cannot cause death by overdose. Get the facts.
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It is estimated that approximately 400,000 people die each year from tobacco smoke. The honest answer is that they have absolutely no idea. The 'deaths' are generated by computer models - GIGO, Garbage In, Garbage Out! The models are based on unreliable, inaccurate, imprecise, out-dated, Policy Based, Evidence Making epidemiological studies.
http://www.answers.com/Q/How_many_people_die_from_tobacco_use
In 2004–05, 14,900 Australians died from smoking-related disease, which means there were 40 preventable deaths every day. Cancer is the number one cause of smoking-related death in men (57 per cent) and women (51 per cent). Quitting smoking reduces the risk of smoking-related diseases in people of all ages.
https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/healthyliving/smoking-statistics
If 430,000 - 435,000 thousand people die each year in the United States, then divided by 365 = 1,178 - 1,192 die each day from smoking in the US alone. See sources in the links below. + 121 others found this useful.
http://www.answers.com/Q/How_many_people_die_each_day_in_the_US_from_smoking
Summary. 1  In 2004–05, 14,900 Australians died from smoking-related disease, which means there were 40 preventable deaths every day. 2  Cancer is the number one cause of smoking-related death in men (57 per cent) and women (51 per cent). 3  Quitting smoking reduces the risk of smoking-related diseases in people of all ages.
https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/healthyliving/smoking-statistics
Secondhand smoke kills 600,000 worldwide annually. 1  1 in 100 people around the world die from secondhand smoke each year, a new study reveals, and nearly two-thirds of the deaths occur in children. Health officials have known that more than 1 billion people around the world smoke and 5 million people die each year from tobacco-related illness, according to the World Health Organization.
http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2010/11/26/secondhand-smoke-kills-600000-worldwide-annually/
Today, over 5.4 million people are dying because of smoking all over the world. It’s estimated that in 2015 the number will increase to 6.5 million and in 2030 it will be 8.3 million people. A people die cause of smoking every 6.5 seconds in the world. WHO’s report says that there are over 1.3 billion smokers all over the world. Their smoking rate is different but most of them are smoking a box of cigarette every day. In 21st century scientists believe that 1 billion people will die because of smoking.
http://www.howmanyarethere.net/how-many-people-die-because-of-smoking-each-year/
People aged 25–29 years and 40-49 years had higher smoking rates than other age groups, with a daily smoking rate of 16 per cent in both age groups. People aged 70 years and over were least likely to be smokers (6 per cent).
https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/healthyliving/smoking-statistics
Percentage of male deaths due to smoking: all ages, 2010. Percentage of female deaths due to smoking: all ages, 2010. Globally, tobacco use killed 100 million people in the 20th century, much more than all deaths in World Wars I and II combined. Tobacco-related deaths will number around 1 billion in the 21st century if current smoking patterns continue.
http://www.tobaccoatlas.org/topic/smokings-death-toll/
how many people die a year because of tobacco
Around 1 billion people died in a year because of tobacco. There are 1 billion  people died in a year because of tobacco.