Tobacco and smoking kills about 44 000 people every year in South Africa. That's about 8% of all deaths. That is like 2 fully loaded Jumbo Jets crashing and killing all on board every week. Imagine a Jumbo crashing every Monday and every Friday.
Worldwide about 5,4 million people die every year. Every day almost 15 000 people die from tobacco use or smoking. That is one death every 6 seconds. Frightening, isn't it ! In terms of Jumbos that would be 37 crashes every single day.