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October 2004

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Smoking: Health Consequences - Smoking Kills

Health Consequences of Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General
New Surgeon General’s Report Expands List of Diseases Caused by Smoking: The government’s latest report on smoking and health documents that smoking causes disease in nearly every organ of the body in both men and women...more
 

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Cancer in the Family
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Key Facts

  • The list of diseases caused by smoking has been expanded to include abdominal aortic aneurysm, acute myeloid leukemia, cataract, cervical cancer, kidney cancer, pancreatic cancer, pneumonia, periodontitis, and stomach cancer. These are in addition to diseases previously known to be caused by smoking, including bladder, esophageal, laryngeal, lung, oral, and throat cancers, chronic lung diseases, coronary heart and cardiovascular diseases, as well as reproductive effects and sudden infant death syndrome. More
     
  • Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death, and cigarette smoking causes most cases. More
     
  • In 2003, an estimated 171,900 new cases of lung cancer occurred and approximately 157,200 people died from lung cancer. More

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