| Cigarette Smoking Responsible for 1 of 5 Deaths | | | | warrant strong tobacco control laws such as cigarette |
| American Lung Association Report Shows 2007 | | | | tax increases and increased funding for tobacco |
| Shaping Up to be a Banner Year for Tobacco Control | | | | prevention programs, but every year new studies |
| Policies. | | | | show that the harmful effects of smoking not only |
| Cigarette smoking has been identified as the number | | | | effect the smoker, but also the workers and general |
| one preventable cause of morbidity and premature | | | | public exposed to secondhand smoke. |
| mortality worldwide. Smoking is responsible for | | | | This website is home to the online version of State |
| approximately one in five deaths in the United States. | | | | Legislated Actions on Tobacco Issues (SLATI), which |
| From 1997 to 2001, smoking killed an estimated | | | | tracks state tobacco control laws, such as state |
| 438,000 people in the United States each year. This | | | | restrictions on smoking in public places and workplaces |
| includes an estimated 259,494 male and 178,404 | | | | and state tobacco taxes, on an ongoing basis. It is the |
| female deaths annually. Among adults, the three | | | | only resource of its kind in tobacco control today |
| leading specific causes of smoking attributable deaths | | | | providing up-to-date information on tobacco control |
| were from lung cancer (123,836), chronic obstructive | | | | laws in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. You |
| pulmonary disease (90,582) and ischemic heart | | | | can learn more about SLATI here. |
| disease (86,801). | | | | Below is a list of just some of the reports and |
| Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. | | | | information on tobacco control laws and policy found |
| Annual Smoking-Attributable Mortality, Years of | | | | on this site. Please explore the various areas and learn |
| Potential Life Lost, and Productivity Losses * U.S., | | | | how to get involved in the important fight for strong |
| 1997-2001. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report | | | | tobacco control laws and policies. As many of the |
| (MMWR) 2005; 54(25); 625-628. | | | | inspirational people who are living with lung disease will |
| These statistics alone ought to be reason enough to | | | | tell you, it’s a fight we cannot afford to lose. |