Fact During 2005-2009, smoking-attributable productivity losses totaled $150.7 billion per year. Smoking, Tobacco Sales
Fact Between 2009-2012, the estimated annual smoking-attributable economic costs in the U.S. were between $289-332.5 billion. Smoking, Tobacco Sales
Fact In 2006, a judge ruled that Big Tobacco had been engaged in a 50-year-long scheme to deceive the public about the dangers of smoking. Lies suck too. Smoking, Advertising
Fact In 2008, 48.8% of people for whom their high school diploma was their highest level of educational attainment who have ever smoked reported that they had successfully quit. Smoking, Quitting
Fact About 20% of African American youth are exposed to secondhand smoke in the home. Smoking, Health Risks
Fact In 2015, 72.8% of African Americans were interested in quitting smoking and 63.4% reported making a quit attempt. Smoking, Quitting
Fact In the U.S. in 2012, 73.9% of people with at least a college degree who had ever smoked reported that they had successfully quit. Smoking, Quitting
Fact In the US, smoking-attributable productivity losses for men are approximately $105.6 billion per year. Smoking, Cost