Reply #102: oh, I am sure that outweighs the 400,000 that die from smoking-related illnesses each year

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http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/Factsheets/cig_smoking_mort.htm

Fact Sheet

Cigarette Smoking-Related Mortality
(updated September 2006)

Cigarette smoking is the single most preventable cause of premature death in the United States. Each year, more than 400,000 Americans die from cigarette smoking. In fact, one in every five deaths in the United States is smoking related. Every year, smoking kills more than 276,000 men and 142,000 women.1

(great detailed chart by disease at this site)