• Every year, 4.9 million people in the world lose their lives to smoking.
• At least one person on Guam dies every day because of tobacco use.

Kids exposed to second hand smoke at home have higher rates of asthma, lung and middle ear infections.

Passive smoke also harms pets:

• Pet cats of smokers have a higher risk of developing fatal cancers.

Tobacco use harms the environment:

• In 2000, smoking caused 10% of all fire deaths in the world.
• Every year, 1 000 000 fires are started by children using cigarette lighters.
• On Guam, over 25% of all litter collected from the beaches consists of cigarette butts.

Tobacco use harms our community:

• The already high costs of health care for tobacco-related diseases continues to increase as more smokers become ill.
• The indirect costs from premature death and lost productivity are even higher.
• Our island cannot afford this additional and significant drain on our community’s resources.

• We must act quickly to stop the tobacco epidemic, and we must act now.
• Through the Tobacco Control Program, DMHSA is committed to controlling nicotine addiction and reducing tobacco use on our island.
• Tobacco control is about saving our people's lives.
• Tobacco control is about protecting our people's rights to health and a clean, smoke-free environment.
• Tobacco control is about conserving our island's economic resources.