Fact
In the U.S., 160,000 people die each year from smoking-related lung cancer.
Source 1:
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Health Consequences of Smoking: 50 Years of Progress. A Report of the Surgeon General. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health, 2014.
http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/reports/50-years-of-progress/sgr50-chap-10.pdf