The first evidence of the link between smoking and cancer was collected around the mid 1940s. In 1954, a study was release stating "that those people who smoked two packs of cigarettes a day were 25 times more likely to get lung cancer than nonsmokers and, in addition, that smokers were twice as likely to have a heart attack as nonsmokers."Believe it or not the Nazis for all their evil, were staunchly anti-smoking and that was in the 1930s.
There was always a body of evidence that smoking was not good for you, dating back to the 17th Century. However, during the Second World War the cigarette companies made concerted efforts to cause soldiers to become addicted to cigarettes by putting free packets in ration packs, and insuring that they were sold for practically nothing in military stores. When that generation of addicts began to age, the harmful effects of smoking became obvious.
The first evidence of the link between smoking and cancer was collected around the mid 1940s. In 1954, a study was release stating "that those people who smoked two packs of cigarettes a day were 25 times more likely to get lung cancer than nonsmokers and, in addition, that smokers were twice as likely to have a heart attack as nonsmokers."
Not that many people smoked during the 1900s. Ready made cigarettes were for the rich and most of the poor chewed their tobacco. Starting around the beginning of WWI
ie 1914 governments started handing out free cigarettes to their soldiers in the trenches to keep them alert. The soldiers
became addicted to smoking and when they returned to the homefront the demand for ready mades increased tremendously. Also women started to smoke in the 1920s.
In the 1930s doctors noticed a huge increase in the number of people with lung cancer At that time lung cancer was a
very very rare disease and lots of doctors had never seen it.
At that time the medical profession deducted that the increase in smoking had brought on the increase in lung cancers. However by this time cigarette making was a multi million dollar industry and they paid to shut everyone up. This
continued until the 1960s when people really began to question how healthy tobacco was. The cigarette industry
still denied it and it wasn't until the late 1970s and early
1980s that most people accepted that use of tobacco is a cancer causing agent.
When they started dying from it, but time they realized it, it was to late
Tobacco is Wacco
When people noticed the deaths that was related to cigaretts, and they ended up dying early.
About 5.4 million
Yes, A lot of people have died from smoking this year
About 2 million people die from smoking each year in the us alone.
500,000 people die a year on average from lung cancer and cancer caused from smoking
dude if youre smoking year old bud you need a hobby. or a life. you pick.
As of recent statistics from 2007 3271 people die from smoking each year.
an average of 106,000 people die every year as a direct result of smoking.
According to the CDC over 400,000 people per year die in the US prematurely due to smoking.
how many people die from passive smoking worldwide a yearResearch shows the 1 out of every 5 people that die are related to cigarette smoking. Currently, 64% of cigarette smokers die from a smoking related illness. Cigarette Smoking is the number 1 preventable cause of death.http://www.ask.com/questions-about/People-Die-Each-Year-from-Smoking
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Each year over 400,000 people die in the U.S. as a result of smoking cigarettes. Eight million people each year are diagnosed with a disease as a result of smoking.
About 3 Million people die of lung cancer every year, and 87% of those cancers are caused by...You Gussed It...Smoking Smoking is a contributing factor. It cannot be stated conclusively that the person would not have contracted the cancer had they not smoked.