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Our World in Data

Deaths attributed to tobacco, alcohol and drugs

In blue are shown the estimated annual number of deaths attributed to tobacco, alcohol and drugs. In red are shown the estimated annual number of deaths from drugs and alcohol. The difference between both is that they relate to indirect and direct...

Tobacco is attributed to far more deaths annually than alcohol in every single year from 1990 to 2023, with 1990 being the first year we even have data that includes tobacco.