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21 Ways Smoking Can Kill You

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/sgr/50th-anniversary/index.htm

Smoking contributes to excess mortality of these 21 diseases:

12 types of cancer 6 categories of cardiovascular disease

diabetes chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

some pneumonias

Tobacco smoke contains 7000 chemicals and chemical compounds. These poisons damage DNA.

Specific cancers caused by smoking: lungs, trachea, and bronchus oropharynx larynx

esophagus stomach acute myeloid leukemia bladder kidney and ureter pancreas

uterine cervix liver colon and rectum

Smokers have higher risk of lung cancer Men = 25 times Women = 25.7 times

90% of lung cancer caused

by smoking

Resources to help smokers quit: Call 1-800-QUIT-NOW (1-800-784-8669), Go to www.smokefree.gov, www.cdc.gov/tips or www.ahrq.gov/path/tobacco.htm for free materials.

#2 cause of cancer deaths: Colorectal cancer 20,00 deaths per year from

liver cancer

Cardiovascular diseases: Atherosclerosis Coronary Heart Disease Stroke

Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

1 in 3 CVD deaths caused by smoking.

As few as 5 cigarettes a day can cause CVD.

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and smoking:

80% of COPD develops from

smoking

Women smokers in certain age groups have 38 times higher risk of

developing COPD

Smoking increases diabetes risk factors:

Inflammation oxidative stress higher belly fat increased cortisol

Diabetic smokers require larger doses of insulin and have serious health problems like heart and kidney disease, poor blood flow to the legs, retinopathy and peripheral neuropathy.

Diabetes 7th leading cause of death

Smokers have 30%-40% higher risk of diabetes