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"Smoking kills!" In Canada, smoking is the most important cause of preventable illness, disability and premature death. In 1996, greater than 45 200 deaths (29 229 male and 15 986 female) were caused by smoking - more than 20% of all deaths among Canadians. In 1996, smoking prematurely killed three times more Canadians than car accidents, suicides, drug abuse, murder and AIDS combined. Accounting for over 45 200 deaths in 1996, smoking far exceeded the second most important preventable cause of death - accidents (over 8600 deaths). Compared with non-smokers, the risk of premature death is more than double among Canadian men and almost double among Canadian women, who begin smoking by age 15.
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