Tobacco is the only legal product which kills people when it is used as intended. Over the last 50 years more than six million Britons have died from smoking related diseases.
Smoking is the largest single preventable cause of death and disability causing 114,000 deaths each year in the UK.
Fifty percent of all teenagers who are currently smoking will eventually be killed by their habit.
Every 5 minutes someone dies as result of smoking.
A smoker reduces their life expectancy by 11 minutes every time they smoke cigarette.
A 20 a day smoker is losing one day of life for every week of smoking.
In the UK alone, 300 people die every day - the equivalent of a jumbo jet crashing!
Smoking kills around 1000 people in Liverpool each year.
A higher proportion of deaths attributable to smoking are seen among men then among women.
Deaths caused by smoking are 5 times higher than deaths from car accidents, murder, suicide, HIV and alcohol when combined.
Smoking causes more than 87% of all deaths from lung cancer, around 73% of all deaths from upper respiratory cancer and around 86% of chronic obstructive lung disease.
Smoking is also a major factor in deaths from many other forms of cancer and circulatory disease.
