Smoking accounts for one in every five deaths and costs the nation nearly $160 billion annually.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2006) Smoking and Tobacco Use Fact Sheet – Health Effects of Cigarette Smoking, December 2006; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2006) Smoking and Tobacco Use Fact Sheet – Cigarette Smoking-related Mortality. September 2006; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2006) Smoking and Tobacco Use Fact Sheet – Tobacco-related Mortality. September 2006; Centers Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2004) The Health Consequences of Smoking: What it Means to You.