Environmental cost of Tobacco and Health Risk

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)\n\nIllegal drug use\n\nAlcohol use\n\nMotor vehicle injuries\n\nFirearm-related incidents\n\nMore than 10 times as many U.S. citizens have died prematurely from cigarette smoking than have died in all the wars fought by the United States.\n\nSmoking causes about 90% (or 9 out of 10) of all lung cancer deaths. More women die from lung cancer each year than from breast cancer.\n\n\n\nSmoking causes about 80% (or 8 out of 10) of all deaths from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)\n\nCigarette smoking increases risk for death from all causes in men and women\n\nSmoking can cause cancer almost anywhere in your body:\n\nBladder\n\nBlood (acute myeloid leukemia)\n\nCervix\n\nColon and rectum (colorectal)\n\nEsophagus\n\nKidney and ureter\n\nLarynx\n\nLiver\n\nOropharynx (includes parts of the throat, tongue, soft palate, and the tonsils)\n\nPancreas\n\nStomach\n\nTrachea, bronchus, and lung Smoking can make it harder for a woman to become pregnant. It can also affect her baby’s health before and after birth. Smoking increases risks for\n\nPreterm (early) delivery\n\nStillbirth (death of the baby before birth)\n\nLow birth weight\n\nSudden infant death syndrome (known as SIDS or crib death)\n\nEctopic pregnancy\n\nOrofacial clefts in infants\n\nSmoking can also affect men’s sperm, which can reduce fertility and also increase risks for birth defects and miscarriage.\n\nSmoking can affect bone health.                                                                                                                         Women past childbearing years who smoke have weaker bones than women who never smoked. They are also at greater risk for broken bones.\n\nSmoking affects the health of your teeth and gums and can cause tooth loss.\n\nQuitting Smoking Helps You                                                                                                                      Quitting smoking cuts cardiovascular risks. Just 1 year after quitting smoking, your risk for a heart attack drops sharply. Within 2 to 5 years after quitting smoking, your risk for stroke may reduce to about that of a nonsmoker’s.\n\nIf you quit smoking, your risks for cancers of the mouth, throat, esophagus, and bladder drop by half within 5 years.\n\nTen years after you quit smoking, your risk for lung cancer drops by half.\n\n \n