In Reply to: Where is your proof? posted by dmt on Tuesday, 11. September 2012 at 18:21 Bali Time:
Smoking-related diseases killed 14,900 Australians in the financial year 2004-05. This equals 40 preventable deaths every day. The major tobacco-related diseases include cancer, heart disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Smoking resulted in over 750,000 days spent in hospital and cost $670 million in hospital costs in the financial year 2004-05.
According to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, most deaths resulting from tobacco smoking occurred in people aged 65 years or more. However, around one in five deaths occurred in the 35-64 years age group.
Smoking kills more men than women - 9,700 men compared to 5,100 women. Cancer is the number one cause of tobacco-related death in men (57 per cent) and women (51 per cent), with lung cancer accounting for around 75 per cent and 72 per cent of cancers for men and women respectively. Lung cancer currently causes the most cancer deaths in Australia and this is due mainly to smoking.
Smoking rates are higher among younger age groups and people with a lower level of education.
I guess that the the last few words are pertinent to you!