Health & Environment
Deaths in South Carolina From Smoking
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Adults who die each year from their own smoking |
6,100 |
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Kids now under 18 and alive in South Carolina who will ultimately die prematurely from smoking |
103,000 |
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Adult nonsmokers who die each year from exposure to secondhand smoke |
790 |
Smoking kills more people than alcohol, AIDS, car crashes, illegal drugs, murders, and suicides combined -- and thousands more die from other tobacco-related causes -- such as fires caused by smoking (more than 1,000 deaths/year nationwide) and smokeless tobacco use.
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