Smoking Facts

• According to the World Health Organization more than one billion people smoke.
  
• The number of smokers is increasing in developing countries.
• A smoker is defined by someone who has smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their life time.
• In 2010  American indian/Native American were 31% of the smoking population (this was the highest).
• In 2013, states will collect an average of 25 billion dollars form cigarette tax, but will only spend 1.8% of that on tabacco control program.
• 80% of tabacco related deaths happen in the developing world.
• In 2004, about 5 million adults both smoking and smokeless aged 30 years and over died from direct tobacco use around the globe. 
  
• Only 5 percent of the population has access to services that treat tabacco addiction.