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Tobacco has a negative effect on almost every organ of the body. According
to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, tobacco use is the leading
preventable cause of death in the United States, resulting in more than 443,000
deaths each year. Worldwide, recent studies have shown that tobacco is responsible
for about 6 million deaths each year.
In March 2012, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services reported
that, from 1975 to 2000, nearly 800,000 deaths from lung cancer in the United States
were prevented due to declines in smoking as a result of tobacco control
programs and policies. This data was presented in the Journal of the National
Cancer Institute (NCI) and the research was funded by the NCI. The U.S. Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that the overall rate of cigarette
smoking in adults over the age of 18 in the United States in 2012 was just over 18
percent, down from about 30 percent in 1985.
Cigar smokers and smokeless tobacco (chew or spit tobacco) users have
similar health risks as cigarette smokers.
In July 2009, several public health organizations, including the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration (FDA), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), determined that e-cigarettes
contain toxic chemicals and cancer-causing agents (carcinogens) and that health
claims made by manufacturers of these devices are unproven.
In February 2013, the CDC reported that the use of e-cigarettes increased from
about 10 percent of all adult smokers in 2010 to about 21 percent in 2010. It's
estimated that in 2011, 1 in 5 adults who smoke cigarettes tried electronic cigarettes.
According to the CDC, the impact of e-cigarettes on long-term health must be
studied further.
According to the FDA, steps were taken in February 2014 to stop the sale and
distribution of 4 tobacco products currently on the market in the United States (Sutra
Bidis Red, Sutra Bidis Menthol, Sutra Bidis Red Cone, and Sutra Bidis Menthol
Cone). This action marks the first time the Agency issued this order under the Family
Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act to regulate products that are not found
to be substantially equal to other marketed tobacco products. The Act required
companies to submit an application for these products to the FDA by March 2011.
Publication Review By: Karen Larson, M.D.,Stanley J. Swierzewski, III,
M.D.
Published: 15 Jul 2006
Last Modified: 14 May 2014