Cigarette smoking causes more than 480,000 deaths each year in the United States. This is nearly one in five deaths.1,2,3
1.Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
2.Illegal drug use
3.Alcohol use
4.Motor vehicle injuries
5.Smoking causes about 90% (or 9 out of 10) of all lung cancer deaths.
6.Smoking causes about 80% (or 8 out of 10) of all italicdeaths from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Smoking and Cardiovascular Disease
Smokers are at greater risk for diseases that affect the heart and blood vessels (cardiovascular disease).1,2
Smoking causes stroke and coronary heart disease,
1.Smoking damages blood vessels and can make them thicken and grow narrower.
2.A stroke occurs when:
A clot blocks the blood flow to part of your brain;
A blood vessel in or around your brain bursts.
Blockages caused by smoking can also reduce blood flow to your legs and skin.
#Smoking and Respiratory Disease
Smoking can cause lung disease by damaging your airways and the small air sacs (alveoli) found in your.
Lung diseases caused by smoking include COPD, which includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis.
If you have asthma, tobacco smoke can trigger an attack or make an attack worse.
Smoking can cause cancer almost anywhere in your body:1,2 (See figure above)
Bladder
Blood (acute myeloid leukemia)
Cervix
Colon and rectum (colorectal)
Esophagus
Kidney and ureter
Larynx
Liver
Smoking also increases the risk of dying from cancer and other diseases in cancer patients and survivors.
If nobody smoked, one of every three cancer deaths in the United States would not happen
Quitting smoking cuts cardiovascular risks. Just 1 year after quitting smoking, your risk for a heart attack drops sharply.2
Within 2 to 5 years after quitting smoking, your risk for stroke may reduce to about that of a nonsmoker’s.2
If you quit smoking, your risks for cancers of the mouth, throat, esophagus, and bladder drop by half within 5 years.
