Alcohol
This is the number of alcohol-related deaths per year in the U.S.
What is 140,000
This many people die each year from drunk driving crashes in the U.S.
What is 12,000 deaths
Smoking causes about this many deaths per year in the U.S.
What is about 480,000 lives
About this many U.S. kids under 18 try their first cigarette every day.
What is about 2500
This addictive chemical in tobacco makes smoking habit-forming.
What is nicotine?
This age group has the highest rate of alcohol use disorder in the U.S.
What is 18-25
On average, one person dies every this many minutes from a drunk-driving crash.
What is every 45 minutes
Globally, tobacco kills this many people each year.
8,000,000 Lives...
For reference, the state of Indiana has under 7 million people
Roughly this many kids per day become new daily smokers in the U.S.
What is about 400
This poisonous gas in smoke binds to hemoglobin and reduces oxygen supply.
What is carbon monoxide?
Alcohol is linked to at least this many types of cancer
What is 7
Around this many people are injured or killed in drunk-driving crashes each year
What is 360,000
Smokers die on average this many years earlier than nonsmokers.
What is 10 years less
About this many Americans (ages 12+) have Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD)
What is 29.5 million
This sticky residue in cigarettes coats the lungs and causes cancer.
What is tar?
The annual economic cost of alcohol misuse in the U.S. is approximately this many billions of dollars.
What is $249,000,000,000
- That's billions, ya'll.
This percentage of all traffic deaths are due to alcohol-impaired driving
What is about 30%
Tobacco use costs the U.S. this much annually in healthcare and lost productivity.
What is $600,000,000,000
Roughly this fraction of people with Alcohol Use Addition ever receive treatment. (+/- 3.5%)
What is about 7.6%
This heavy metal found in batteries is also present in cigarette smoke and damages kidneys.
What is cadmium?
About this percentage of suicides involve alcohol intoxication
What is 25%
In 2022, this many people died from alcohol-related crashes — one of the highest in recent years.
What is 13,524
This radioactive element in cigarettes emits alpha radiation and increases lung cancer risk
What is Polonium-210?
About this percentage of first-time nicotine users become dependent.
What is 32%
These cancer-causing compounds form during curing and processing of tobacco.
What are tobacco-specific nitrosamines (TSNAs)?