Data Suggest Nearly Half A Million US Deaths Annually Occur From Smoking-Related Diseases

Reuters (3/31, Pittman) reported that nearly half a million mortalities annually in the US are from smoking-related diseases, according to a study in the journal Epidemiology, The researchers analyzed data on about 250,000 people who participated from 2002 to 2006 in a national health survey. By 2006, there were 17,000 deaths. Extrapolating the data to … Continue reading Data Suggest Nearly Half A Million US Deaths Annually Occur From Smoking-Related Diseases