364,000 are admitted to NHS hospitals each year due to diseases caused by smoking. 1000 die every day
In 1997/98 cig smoking caused 480,000 to consult their Gp’s heart disease, 20,000 of which were for strokes
50% of all teenagers who currently smoke will die of diseases caused by tobacco
Between 1950-2000 6 million British people died of smoking
114,000 die from smoking each year
Passive smoking is a now a major killer
Smoking is Britain’s biggest killer
Smoking causes 1 in 3 deaths in Oxfordshire (source article by Oxford Mail Nov 13th 2004)
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