1. Smoking is the cause of more than 8 million deaths per year out of which 1.2 million are non-smokers who simply dies because of inhaling second-hand smoke.
2. In United states nearly 500,000 people dies annually because of smoking related diseases.
3. A recent study indicates that close to 1/3rd of China's male population have their life-spans shortened significantly because of smoking.
4. Among smokers males have average of 13.2 years less life span compared to non smoking males similarly females have 14.5 years less life span compared to non smoking females.
5 At least 50% of smokers die earlier because of smoking.