In the United States, the tobacco industry employs more than 650,000 people from the farms to the factory. Source: CNN Fn

Each year nearly 485 billion cigarettes are produced for the U.S. market. Source: CNN Fn

Domestic cigarette sales exceed $45 billion per year. Exports of cigarettes is an additional $7 billion. Source: CNN Fn

419,000 Americans die each year due to smoking-related diseases. Source: American Lung Association

Smoking is directly responsible for 87 percent of lung cancer cases and most cases of emphysema and chronic bronchitis. Source: American Lung Association

Smoking costs Americans $97.2 billion each year in health care and lost productivity. Source: American Lung Association

4.5 million children between the ages of 12-17 are smokers. Source: Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids

Smoking among high school seniors is at a 17-year high. Source: Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids

Almost 90 percent of adult smokers began before or at the age of 18. Source: Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids

Nicotine is a natural part of the tobacco leaf and it is the only place that nicotine has been found. Source: American Lung Association

If a woman is pregnant and smokes, the nicotine reaches the fetus through connecting blood vessels. Source: American Lung Association

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