Press release No. 182 of 31 May 2016
WIESBADEN – Women who died in 2014 from cancer types that can be considered as connected to tobacco consumption reached an average age of 70.9 years. This is 10.4 years less than the average age of death of all deceased women. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports on the occasion of the World No Tobacco Day on 31 May that, over the last ten years, the number of women who died from the consequences of smoking rose by roughly 33% from 11,870 in 2005 to 15,748 in 2014. In addition to lung and bronchial cancer, laryngeal and trachea cancer are among the diseases triggered by smoking. Causing 15,513 deaths of women in 2014, malignant neoplasms of bronchia and lung alone are the seventh most frequent cause of death for women.
The development of the consumption of tobacco products on which tax was paid in Germany differed in the last few years, depending on the type of product. For example, the daily consumption of cigarettes was down from 256 million in 2006 to 223 million in 2015.