[DiogenesLamp]

Alcohol and tobacco bring death and misery to people.

How many people die from Alcohol and how many people die from Tobacco?

[ConservingFreedom]

I knew drugs were bad because I had seen so many examples of them bringing death and misery to people

Alcohol and tobacco bring death and misery to people.

How many people die from Alcohol and how many people die from Tobacco?

According to the CDC (http://wonder.cdc.gov/ucd-icd10.html) in 2011, 2,284 Americans died from the direct cause of "poisoning by and exposure to alcohol." There appears to be no corresponding separate category for tobacco - nor for marijuana, perhaps related to the fact that the median lethal dose for THC is the equivalent of about 240 joints.