Which kills more between bullets and cigarettes?

Question

Does anyone have any figures about this subject ? I mean worldwide figures, not only in the USA (but if you have for the USA, that's ok too).
If yes, please indicate your sources.
Thanks.

Answer 1

Worldwide, four million people a year die from smoking -- thats 11,000 people every day.

I know not the complete facts you're looking for..but it's a start.
In America, it's about 1,200 a day die from tobacco-related illness. My father is dying now with lung cancer from a product that he got addicted to when he was only 12. Sad. Disturbing. Wrong. I realize bullets kill many. Tobacco is the drug bullet that kills many, many more. (in my opinion)

Answer 2

I will say bullets and bombs also if you permit me. cause the world is at war! Imagine how many people die in a day in countries like Iraq, Afgahnistan, Somalia, Sudan,Nigeria etc! I could go on forever. How many people die of Ciggys per day?? Cannot be compared to a bullet. Yeah plenty of the smokers are on the way, but those who face the bullets, are already gone.

Honetly, I think that we should focus our attention to the world!! The Americas doesn't mean the whole world? Has anyone ever heard of Sudan?? Hello? Land mines Bombs and all this traps?? Anyway, what would you care? And Sometimes, I wonder wht they don't have the cure for cancer yet!! We are being cheated in this life!! How interesting!

Answer 3

I think it's cigarettes. A cigarette is sort of a silent or covert killer, harming not only the smoker with the smoke but also non-smokers with second-hand smoke . You know it "might" harm you some day. As such, smokers don't pay much attention to the warning label on the pack and use it liberally. The long-term effect has not yet been fully realized because it kills silently and slowly (under cover). A bullet, on the other hand, is loud and overt. You know that it kills, and in my opinion is used more sparingly. Good question!

Answer 4

When they reffer to tobacco related deaths it is not certain whether cigarettes were the sole cause of the death, or like in cases of cancer were the individuals could have been genetically prone. Or in cases of heart attacts there are other factors like diet, excercise, lifestyle and genetic factors. Another conributory factor is also the air pollution. So automobiles also contribute.

Children Killed by Guns (US Stats only)

If the age range is 0-19 years, and homicide, suicide, and unintentional injuries are included, then the total firearms-related deaths for 1999 is 3,385 . This is equivalent to about 9 deaths per day, a figure commonly used by journalists. The 3,385 firearms-related deaths for age group 0-19 breaks down to 214 unintentional, 1,078 suicides, 1,990 homicides, 83 for which the intent could not be determined, and 20 due to legal intervention. Viewed by age group, 73 of the total firearms-related deaths were of children under 5 years old, 416 were children 5-14 years old, and 2,896 were 15-19 years old.
SOURCE: http://www.nsc.org/lrs/statfaq.htm#Question12

Here are some statistics on war deaths-

1. The number of World War I casualties (military and civilian) was over 37 million - over 15 million deaths and 22 million wounded. This includes almost 9 million military deaths and about 6.6 million civilian deaths. The Allied Powers lost more than 5 million soldiers and the Central Powers more than 3 million. Casualty numbers are much debated.

2. The total estimated human loss of life caused by World War II, irrespective of political alignment, was roughly 62 million people. The civilian toll was around 37 million, the military toll about 25 million.

3. Somewhere around 180 million people have been killed in one Twentieth Century atrocity or another -- a far larger total than for any other century in human history.

Now before you let this number wash over you as being too big to comprehend, let's put it in perspective: Let's say that you're the receptionist in the Afterlife (a 9 to 5 job, 5 days a week, with two weeks vacation -- which comes to 40 hours per week and 50 weeks per year), and it's your job to simply ask the name of each victim, enter it into a computer and direct them to Room 504 for processing (a task that takes 5 seconds, which means that you can process 720 per hour), and these 180 million people were to approach your desk one after another without letup.

Answer 5

I don't have figures, but I'd say cigarettes. There are more ways to die from cigarette smoke, and it also affects those around the smoker. A bullet generally only kills/maims one person. Generally. There are more smokers earthwide. I think it would be difficult to get an exact number because some may die from side effects of smoking and not even know it.

Answer 6

Cigarettes, source hospitals and graves.

Answer 7

We can choose cigarettes.

Answer 8

Fatty food is the biggest killer in UK men.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/5016720.stm

TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH IN MEN - 2005
Heart disease - 20.2%
Cerebrovascular diseases - 7.9%
Lung cancer - 6.9%
Chronic lower respiratory disease - 5.6%
Flu/pneumonia - 5%
Prostate cancer - 3.7%
Colon cancer - 3.1%
Lymph cancers - 2.3%
Alzheimer's disease/dementia - 2.1%
Aortic aneurysm - 2%

Answer 9

i would say cigarettes.. Theres more people out there with cigarettes than a gun...

Answer 10

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