Smoking while you're pregnant can cause serious health problems for you and your baby.
Listen to Amanda here who shares about the time her baby spent in a hospital incubator
Listen to Amanda here who shares about the time her baby spent in a hospital incubator
Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of death, disease, and disability in the US. Each year, around 443,000 people die from
smoking or exposure to secondhand smoke,and another 8.6 million suffer from a serious illness from smoking. Two new CDC reports indicate that, despite the dangers of tobacco
use, about 46.6 million adults in the US smoke, and 88 million nonsmokers are exposed to secondhand smoke.
Millions of people in the US still smoke
The decline in smoking has stalled in the past five years.
In 2005, about 20.9% of adults smoked cigarettes. In 2009 about 20.6% smoked.
Some groups smoke more.
More men (nearly 24%) than women (about 18%) smoke. Nearly 30% of multiracial adults and 23% of American Indian/Alaska Native adults smoke. Smoking rates are higher among people with a lower education level. For example, nearly 1 in 2 of all US adults who have a GED smoke; only around 6% of people with a graduate degree smoke. About 31% of people who live below the poverty level smoke.
Although the number of teenagers in the US who smoke continues to drop year after year, progress is slowing.
In 1997, about 36% of high school students smoked cigarettes. Between 1997–2003, the rates of smoking among high school students dropped from 36% to about 22%. However, between 2003 to 2009, declines slowed from 22% to 20%. The slowing decline in teen cigarette use suggests that smoking and all the health problems related to smoking will continue as teens become adults. In 2009, nearly 1 in 5 high school students (20%) still smoked cigarettes. Monitoring teen smoking is important because most adult smokers (about 80%) began smoking before the age of 18.
Read more from the US CDC Vital Signs >>
The decline in smoking has stalled in the past five years.
In 2005, about 20.9% of adults smoked cigarettes. In 2009 about 20.6% smoked.
Some groups smoke more.
More men (nearly 24%) than women (about 18%) smoke. Nearly 30% of multiracial adults and 23% of American Indian/Alaska Native adults smoke. Smoking rates are higher among people with a lower education level. For example, nearly 1 in 2 of all US adults who have a GED smoke; only around 6% of people with a graduate degree smoke. About 31% of people who live below the poverty level smoke.
Although the number of teenagers in the US who smoke continues to drop year after year, progress is slowing.
In 1997, about 36% of high school students smoked cigarettes. Between 1997–2003, the rates of smoking among high school students dropped from 36% to about 22%. However, between 2003 to 2009, declines slowed from 22% to 20%. The slowing decline in teen cigarette use suggests that smoking and all the health problems related to smoking will continue as teens become adults. In 2009, nearly 1 in 5 high school students (20%) still smoked cigarettes. Monitoring teen smoking is important because most adult smokers (about 80%) began smoking before the age of 18.
Read more from the US CDC Vital Signs >>
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