Cigarette Smoke Affects Your Body

Smoking Causes Cancer¹ of the:

• Nose
• Mouth
• Larynx (voice box)
• Trachea
• Esophagus
• Throat
• Lungs
• Stomach
• Pancreas
• Kidneys
• Bladder
• Cervix
• Bone marrow and blood²

By the Numbers

440,000 people die prematurely in the United States each year due to smoking cigarettes or being exposed to cigarette smoke³ of these:

• 40% die from cancer
• 35% die from heart disease or stroke
• 25% die from lung disease

Smoking also affects your:

• Autoimmune System
  • Chrohn’s Disease⁴
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis⁵
• Bones
  • Osteoporosis⁶
  • Bone Loss⁷
• Heart
  • Plaque Buildup in Your Arteries⁸
  • Aneurysms⁹
  • Coronary Heart Disease¹⁰
  • Heart Attack¹¹
  • Peripheral Arterial Disease¹²
  • Stroke¹³
• Blood
  • Increased Blood Pressure¹⁴
  • Changes to Blood Chemistry¹⁵
  • Thickened Blood Vessels¹⁶
• Vision
  • Macular Degeneration¹⁷
  • Optic Nerve Damage¹⁸
  • Blindness¹⁹
• Lungs
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease²⁰
  • Emphysema²¹
  • Chronic Bronchitis²²
  • Pneumonia²³

Sources

1. http://cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/commoncancers
2. http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/sgr/2010/consumer_booklet/pdfs/consumer.pdf
3. http://cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Tobacco
4. http://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/GARD/Condition/10232/QnA/19275/Crohns_disease.aspx
5. http://www.cdc.gov/arthritis/basics/rheumatoid.htm#4
6. http://www.niams.nih.gov/health_info/bone/Osteoporosis/Conditions_Behaviors/bone_smoking.asp
7. http://www.niams.nih.gov/health_info/bone/Osteoporosis/Conditions_Behaviors/bone_smoking.asp
8. http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/smo/
9. http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/sgr/2010/consumer_booklet/pdfs/consumer.pdf
10. http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/smo/
11. http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/sgr/2010/consumer_booklet/pdfs/consumer.pdf
12. http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/smo/
13. http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/sgr/2010/consumer_booklet/pdfs/consumer.pdf
14. http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/sgr/2010/consumer_booklet/index.htm
15. http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/sgr/2010/consumer_booklet/index.htm
16. http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/sgr/2010/consumer_booklet/index.htm
17. http://www.nei.nih.gov/healthyeyes/eyehealthtips.asp
18. http://www.nei.nih.gov/healthyeyes/eyehealthtips.asp
19. http://www.nei.nih.gov/healthyeyes/eyehealthtips.asp
20. http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/copd/
21. http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/sgr/2010/consumer_booklet/index.htm
22. http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/sgr/2010/consumer_booklet/index.htm
23. http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/sgr/2010/consumer_booklet/index.htm