Overview of Smoking and Population
Overview of Smoking and Population
Last activity on October 22, 2024
Smoking and Health
- Smoking is the biggest single cause of inequalities in death rates between rich and poor in the UK, and most preventable cause of death and illness.
- Smoking causes 74,600 deaths per year in England (2019), over 8 million worldwide, and result in the premature death of half of smokers who do not stop.
- Smoking is the cause of long-term illness and disability in many smokers, including those that ultimately die from something else other than smoking.
- Main causes of death attributable to smoking are: cancer, cardiovascular disease and lung disease.
- Risk of lung cancer is 15 times greater for a smoker than a non-smoker
- 1 in 8 smokers who do not quit will die of lung cancer.
- Average smoker has approximately twice the risk of developing heart disease prematurely compared to someone who has never smoked.
- 23,000 people die from COPD as a consequence of smoking, accounting for over 1/5 of all smoking related deaths each year.
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National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training. Assessment of core knowledge and key practice skills- January 2023.
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