As science evolves and regulatory changes emerge, accurate data is more important than ever. That’s why Legacy offers an online database with hundreds of tobacco-related facts from the scientific literature with their respective citation source.
Of former smokers in the U.S., 1,743,000 have emphysema from smoking
Of former smokers in the U.S., 1,755,000 have had a heart attack from smoking
Of former smokers in the U.S., 1,154,000 have a cancer other than lung cancer from smoking
Of former smokers in the U.S., 138,000 have lung cancer from smoking
Of former smokers in the U.S., 637,000 have had a stroke from smoking
In the U.S., smoking results in nearly 5.2 million years of potential life lost each year.
Smoking causes acute myeloid leukemia and the risk for acute myeloid leukemia increases with the number of cigarettes smoked and the duration of smoking
Smoking causes impaired lung growth during childhood and adolescence.
Since 1964 there have been 4.1 million tobacco related cancer deaths in the U.S.
Since 1964, there have been more than 5.5 million tobacco related cardiovascular disease deaths in the U.S.