foodconsumer.org - Passive smoking causes more heart disease deaths than lung cancer deaths

foodconsumer.org - Passive smoking causes more heart disease deaths than lung cancer deaths
A new study led by World Health Organization researchers found passive smoking or secondhand smoke kills about 600,000 people worldwide each year. Overall, tobacco smoking kills an estimated 5.1 million people worldwide each year.

Passive smoking causes 379,000 deaths from heart disease, 165,000 deaths from lower respiratory infections, 36,900 deaths from asthma and 21,400 lung cancer deaths.