Shocking Statistics
and Facts
Tobacco
in Illinois
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In Illinois, 70.8% of high school students don't smoke! |
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88.7% of high school boys don't use smokeless tobacco! |
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Each year, over 34,800 teenagers and kids under 18 become
regular smokers! |
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773,000 children are exposed to secondhand smoking in their
homes each year. That’s more than 11 Iowa Hawkeye football stadiums. |
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52.2 million packs of cigarettes are bought or smoked by
kids each year. |
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18,400 people die each year in Illinois from smoking. |
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87.1% of adults in Illinois don't smoke. |
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1,680 to 2,980 adults, children & babies die each year
from others' smoking. |
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In Illinois, the cigarette tax is 98 cents per pack. |
How does Illinois rank? Compared to the other 50 states, Illinois ranks 24th
in adult smoking and 18th in smoking amongst pregnant women.
For
more Illinois tobacco related statistics, click here.
Tobacco in Iowa
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In Iowa, 73% of high school students don't smoke. |
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84% of all high school boys don't use smokeless tobacco. |
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Each year, over 9,400 teenagers and kids under 18 become
regular smokers! |
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On average, 231,000 children are exposed to secondhand smoking
in their homes each year. |
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Over 12.2 million packs of cigarettes are sold to kids illegally
each year! |
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4,600 people die each year in Iowa from smoking. |
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76.9% of adults in Iowa don't smoke. |
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400 to 720 adults, children & babies die each year from
others' smoking. |
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In Iowa, the cigarette tax is 36 cents per pack |
How does Iowa rank? Compared to the other 50 states, Iowa ranks 26th in adult
smoking and 38th in smoking amongst pregnant women.
Smoking kills more people than alcohol, AIDS, car crashes, illegal drugs, murders,
and suicides combined -- and thousands more die from other tobacco-related causes
-- such as fires caused by smoking (more than 1,000 deaths/year nationwide)
and smokeless tobacco use. No good estimates are currently available, however,
for the number of Iowa citizens who die from these other tobacco-related causes,
or for the much larger numbers who suffer from tobacco-related health problems
each year without actually dying.
For
more Iowa tobacco related statistics, click here.
(tobaccofreekids.org, June 2004)
