Smoking

LGBT adults smoke at rates up to 2.5 times higher than straight adults.

In the U.S., about 41,000 people die each year from secondhand smoke-related diseases.

In the U.S., 33,951 people die each year from secondhand smoke-related heart disease.

Of current smokers in the U.S., 358,000 have a cancer other than lung cancer from smoking.

Of current smokers in the U.S., 46,000 have lung cancer from smoking.

Of current smokers in the U.S., 384,000 have had a stroke from smoking.

Of former smokers in the U.S., 1,872,000 have chronic bronchitis from smoking.