In Scotland in 2004 an estimated 13,473 deaths in Scotland were attributed to smoking, which equated to 24% of all deaths. Source: An Atlas of Tobacco Smoking in Scotland: a report presenting estimated smoking prevalence and smoking-attributable deaths within Scotland. NHS Health Scotland & ASH Scotland, 2007. Available fromThe Scottish Public Health Observatory[accessed 1st February 2008]
Smoking is the most important cause of premature death in developed countries. It accounts for one fifth of deaths in the UK: some 120,000 deaths a year.
Source: Department of Health. 1998. Report of the Scientific Committee on Tobacco and Health. London: The Stationery Office.
In Scotland over 13,000 people die every year from tobacco use.
Source: Callum C. 1998. The UK smoking epidemic: deaths in 1995. London: The Health Education Authority
The avoidance of smoking would eliminate one third of the cancer deaths in Britain and one sixth of the deaths from other causes.
Source: Department of Health.1998. Report of the Scientific Committee on Tobacco and Health. [online] London: The Stationary Office. Available from: http://www.archive.official-documents.co.uk/document/doh/tobacco/report.htm [accessed 15 April 2005]
One in two regular long-term smokers will die early from a disease related to smoking.
Source: Peto, Lopez et-al. 1994. Mortality from smoking in developed countries 1950-2000. Oxford: Oxford University Press
Cancer has recently overtaken coronary heart disease as the commonest cause of death in Scotland.
Source: The Scottish Office (1999). Towards a healthier Scotland - the public health white paper. [online] The Stationery Office: Edinburgh. Available from: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library/documents-w7/tahs-00.htm [accessed 15 April 2005]