Cigarette smoking is the main cause of lung cancer. But pipe and cigar smokers are still much more likely to get lung cancer than non smokers. They are also much more likely to get cancer of the mouth or lip. In the past, lung cancer has been more common in men than women.
The Staggering Death Toll of Mexicoâs Drug War. Over the course of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the number of civilian deaths has been staggering. In Afghanistan, more than 26,000 civilians are estimated to have died since the war began in 2001. In Iraq, conservative tallies place the number of civilians killed at roughly 160,500 since the U.S. invasion in 2003. Others have put the total closer to 500,000.
Over 370,000 people have died due to direct war violence, and at least 800,000 more indirectly; 200,000 civilians have been killed as a result of the fighting at the hands of all parties to the conflict; 10.1 million â the number of war refugees and displaced persons; The US federal price tag for the post-9/11 wars is about $5.6 trillion dollars