Stats Don't Lie...
by Michael Frank Jr
Title
Stats Don't Lie...
Artist
Michael Frank Jr
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Photograph - Photography
Description
I know...that this image and the STATS, the realization, is going to stir up some feelings...but guess what- I don't care! People need to know the TRUTH and realize, that setting limitations on those that ACTUALLY FOLLOW the law, will NOT prevent those that WANT to commit horrible crimes!!! It's elementary! Doesn't matter what "law" is put down or made strict...THEY PLAN ON BREAKING THE LAW IN THE MOST PARAMOUNT manner by taking ones life! A "law" isn't going to make them think twice about using a firearm to follow through of their plans and the accessibility of obtaining firearms, via the streets will never be affected by some "law" or whatever they want to call it. It will ONLY affect those of whom are legal, law abiding owners.
Want to stop premature deaths? Put a stop to cigarettes! More people die by the usage of these cancer sticks than they do by the hand/s of the gun. Stats show, that ciggs killed more people than in WWI and WWII. They will never stop the REAL causes of mass death because even though it cost millions, even billions to produce and sale, they make that money back, PLUS some, enough to make major profit and make all seem legit. Nothing more than organized crime, drug dealing and distribution. The same stuff they arrest people on the street for doing, yet, it's totally legal when put in the form of these cancer sticks.
You can look at some of the stats here (where I got the stats on my pic )
�www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/fast_facts/ �
Diseases and Death
Smoking leads to disease and disability and harms nearly every organ of the body.1
More than 16 million Americans are living with a disease caused by smoking.
For every person who dies because of smoking, at least 30 people live with a serious smoking-related illness.
Smoking causes cancer, heart disease, stroke, lung diseases, diabetes, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis.
Smoking also increases risk for tuberculosis, certain eye diseases, and problems of the immune system, including rheumatoid arthritis.
Smoking is a known cause of erectile dysfunction in males.
Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death.
Worldwide, tobacco use causes nearly 6 million deaths per year, and current trends show that tobacco use will cause more than 8 million deaths annually by 2030.2
Cigarette smoking is responsible for more than 480,000 deaths per year in the United States, including nearly 42,000 deaths resulting from secondhand smoke exposure. This is about one in five deaths annually, or 1,300 deaths every day.1
On average, smokers die 10 years earlier than nonsmokers.3
If smoking continues at the current rate among U.S. youth, 5.6 million of today�s Americans younger than 18 years of age are expected to die prematurely from a smoking-related illness. This represents about one in every 13 Americans aged 17 years or younger who are alive today.1
Costs and Expenditures
The tobacco industry spends billions of dollars each year on cigarette advertising and promotions.4
In 2012, $9.17 billion was spent on advertising and promotion of cigarettes�more than $25 million every day, or more than $1 million every hour.
Price discounts account for 85% of all cigarette marketing. These are discounts paid to cigarette retailers or wholesalers in order to reduce the price of cigarettes to consumers.
Smoking costs the United States billions of dollars each year.1,5
Total economic cost of smoking is more than $300 billion a year, including
Nearly $170 billion in direct medical care for adults5
More than $156 billion in lost productivity due to premature death and exposure to secondhand smoke1
State spending on tobacco prevention and control does not meet CDC-recommended levels.1,6,7
States have billions of dollars from tobacco taxes and tobacco industry legal settlements to prevent and control tobacco use. However, states currently use a very small amount of these funds for tobacco control programs.
In fiscal year 2015, states will collect $25.6 billion from tobacco taxes and legal settlements but will only spend $490.4 million�less than 2%�on prevention and cessation programs.
Currently, only two states (Alaska and North Dakota) fund tobacco control programs at CDC's "recommended" level. Only five other states (Delaware, Oklahoma, Hawaii, Wyoming, and Maine) fund tobacco control programs at even half the recommended level.
Spending less than 15% (i.e., $3.3 billion) of the $25.6 billion would fund every state tobacco control program at CDC-recommended levels.
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October 6th, 2015
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