| Forces International | THE "PREMATURE
DEATHS" OF SMOKERS
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Preface by Dr. Cyrus Stow While less than 3% of smokers might die from tobacco-related lung cancer, data obtained from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) -- SAMMEC 3.0 computer-generated mortality data by age groups that CDC was reluctant to supply -- reveal clearly that the vast majority of estimated smoking-related deaths from all causes in the United States occur among Americans who are 60 years of age or older, that more than one-half of such deaths occur among individuals over 70 years of age, and also that nearly one-third of all estimated smoking-related deaths in the U.S. occur among elderly Americans who are 80 years of age or older -- the latter group being individuals living well beyond average life expectancy for men and women in the U.S. today.ACCESS THE DATARelated topic: Those 400,000 Smoking "victims" Live longer Than The Rest Of Us! |