The stats on smoking

Cigarettes: real facts

  • Real Facts (cigs): Little lungs in a great big world

  • Real Facts (cigs): 8 out of 10 lung cancer deaths

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  • Real Facts (cigs): 1 in 5 deaths

    Anti-smoking graphic with a cigarette shaped like a candle emitting smoke against a black background. Large text reads, “Nearly 1 in 5 deaths in the U.S. are smoking related.”

  • Real Facts (cigs): 490,000 deaths

    Beige poster with a drooping red flower at the top and large red text reading "490,000", followed by black text: "People in the U.S. die due to smoking cigarettes."

  • Real Facts (cigs): 3 out or 4 teens cant quit

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  • Real Facts (cigs): 7000 chemicals

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  • Real Facts (cigs): Ten years

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