According to the CDC “Each year, an estimated 443,000 people die prematurely from smoking or exposure to second-hand smoke, and an additional 8.6 million live with serious illness caused by smoking. » (Tobacco consumption). This means more than 443,000 people die prematurely, which means 443,000 people die young and more people die from smoking. Diseases linked to smoking include asthma, Buerger's disease, various cancers, heart disease and stroke. Relative risk is defined as the probability that a person is more likely to get a disease. This graph indicates that simply smoking 10 to 19 cigarettes a day means 5 times more likely to develop lung cancer than a person who