| | Youth About 50 - 60 youth in Maryland will begin smoking each day, replacing the longtime smokers who either quit or die.
Nearly one out of three Maryland youth are regular smokers by age 17.
23.7 percent of Maryland high school students smoke. That's 67,500 youth!
Youth in Maryland buy or smoke 16.2 million packs of cigarettes each year.
104,000 Maryland youth under age 18 will ultimately die prematurely from smoking.
12,200 youth (under 18) become new daily smokers each year in Maryland.
270,000 Maryland youth are exposed to secondhand smoke at home.
General More Maryland children alive today will die from tobacco use than from any other single cause - including AIDS, alcohol, accidents, murders, suicides, illegal drug use and fires combined.
As the number one killer of Marylanders, tobacco use robs us of over 7,700 family members and costs our economy over 1.5 billion dollars each year.
The annual health care cost in Maryland directly caused by smoking is over $1.5 billion.
It is estimated that tobacco companies in Maryland spend over $213 million each year on marketing tobacco products.
22 percent of Maryland adults smoke. That's over 860,000! |
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