Smoking tobacco, whether it is in cigarettes, cigars or pipes, can cause a variety of health problems. The most commonly known disease that is associated with smoking tobacco is lung cancer, but there are others that may develop. Tobacco smoking...
Tobacco smoke contains more than 4,000 chemicals, most of which are known to be toxic to the human body and include poisons like lead and arsenic. According to the Centers for Disease Control, smoking of tobacco products is the leading cause of...
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 443,000 deaths occur each year from cigarette smoking. The Surgeon General states that cigarette smoking is "the single greatest avoidable cause of disease and death." This same report...
Respiratory diseases caused by smoking can negatively affect the lungs and their ability to exchange oxygen. Smoking can also negatively affect your blood and other vital organs. Smoking can dramatically increase your risk of developing conditions...
Smoking tobacco products is among the six major risk factors for coronary heart disease that you can control or modify. The other factors include high cholesterol, high blood pressure, physical inactivity, obesity and diabetes. Smoking is the...
Along with obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol, cigarette smoking is one of the leading causes of heart disease in America. According to the Surgeon General, cigarette smoking causes diseases in nearly every organ of the...
According to the American Heart Association, the number one cause of death in the United States that can be prevented is cigarette smoking. While smoking is a major risk factor for heart disease, there are other risk factors that smoking affects,...
In the United States, smoking is responsible for almost one in five deaths, according to the American Cancer Society (ACS). Furthermore, an approximate 8.6 million people suffer from smoking-related lung and heart diseases. The risk of developing...
According to the American Lung Association, cigarette smoking is the number one cause of preventable disease and death worldwide. Cigarette smoke contains many harmful ingredients, with nicotine and carbon monoxide being among the most lethal. The...
Tobacco use causes health problems that begin with simple throat irritation and high cholesterol, but may end in deadly disease. Beginning with the U.S. Surgeon General's 1964 announcement that smoking cigarettes causes lung cancer, the list of...
Smoking can cause a great deal of damage and destruction to the body at any age. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the unpleasant health effects of long-term smoking account for an estimated 1 of every 5 deaths each year...
More than 440,000 people die in the United States every year because of tobacco, says the National Institute on Drug Abuse. This easily makes it the nation's largest preventable cause of death. Some of the added and naturally occurring chemicals...
Because tobacco smoking is addictive, the diseases that cigars and cigarettes can cause become unavoidable for some smokers. The National Institute on Drug Abuse reports a success rate of less than 10 percent for those who try to quit smoking....
Cigarette smoking significantly increases the risk for lung diseases. The chemicals found in cigarettes, including formaldehyde, lead and ammonia, are inhaled into the lungs, where they can cause damage.
Smoking leads to diseases that often end in long and painful deaths. More deaths occur each year in the United States because of smoking than deaths from alcohol use, illegal drug use, traffic accidents, the HIV virus and murders combined,...
Decades of clinical data have led researchers to make definitive links between cigarette smoking and many chronic diseases. According to a 2004 report by the U.S. Surgeon General, tobacco use is now associated with conditions as diverse as...
Smoking cigarettes affects every part of the body and the health of those who reside in the environment with the smoker. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one out of every five deaths can be blamed on cigarette smoking,...
Smoking and inhaling secondhand smoke exposes a person to life-threatening diseases. The more you smoke or are exposed to those who smoke, the more likely you will suffer disease and death. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...
There are many reasons not to smoke or to quit smoking. Smokers face a huge number of potential diseases. Smoking affects areas throughout the entire body and it can ravage vital organs to lead to serious illness or even death. The more you smoke...
The Office of the U.S. Surgeon General periodically issues updates on research about tobacco use and disease risk due to smoking. Its major revelation in 1964, that cigarette smoking causes lung and larynx cancer, was significantly expanded upon...
Tobacco users who believe their right to smoke hinges on accepting the personal risk don't take into account the wider harm that smoking cigarettes does to children, adults and the economy. Diseases related to smoking create serious health...
Smoking tobacco and inhaling secondhand smoke can both cause a number of diseases. Even if you don't smoke, being in a home or work environment where others smoke increases your risk of disease and death. The American Heart Association warns that...
The list of known diseases related to smoking has grown since the U.S. Surgeon General first announced the link between tobacco use and three chronic diseases in 1964. Researchers now understand that the toxins transmitted by cigar, pipe and...
Approximately 24 million men and 21 million women smoke, according to American Heart Association (AHA). These people face a greater risk of stroke or heart attack than non-smokers, among a multitude of other diseases. Knowing the possible health...
Smoking is more than just a bad habit; it's a serious detriment to your health. Smoking can cause a number of significant and dangerous health problems, including heart disease. Smoking significantly increases the risk for heart attack, raises...
In the United States, approximately 24 million men and 21 million women smoke, according to the American Heart Association. These men and women may either be unaware of the adverse affects their habit has on their health, or are so addicted they...
Smoking cigarettes can cause a variety of ailments to the lungs, heart and other vital organs. When you smoke, harmful chemicals enter the lungs and penetrate the blood, eventually causing destruction to surrounding tissue. According to the...
Of the 25 percent of Americans who smoke, it is estimated that 70 percent desire to quit. However, in the end, approximately 50 percent will be successful, according to Heart Point. While everyone has various reasons for wanting to quit, many may...
Disease related to heavy smoking can include those that affect your respiratory as well as your cardiovascular system. Respiratory diseases related to heavy smoking include, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which includes a variety...
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