Deaths caused by smoking
Primarily 40+ · Declining trend
LifestyleDeaths today
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Deaths this year
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Key fact
Tobacco kills up to half of its users. A smoker loses an average of 10 years of life.
Deaths / year
8,000,000
Deaths / day
21,918
Deaths / hour
913
Deaths / second
0.25
Overview
Tobacco kills more than 8 million people each year. More than 7 million of those deaths are from direct tobacco use, while around 1.3 million are non-smokers exposed to second-hand smoke. Smoking causes lung cancer, COPD, heart disease, stroke, and at least 15 other cancers.
Risk Factors
Age group most affected
Primarily 40+
Global trend
Declining
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