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Risks from smoking
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5/9/17
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Description:Smoking Can Damage Every Part of the Body
Cancers
• Oropharynx
• Larynx
• Esophagus
• Trachea, bronchus, and lung
• Acute myeloid leukemia
• Stomach
• Liver
• Pancreas
• Kidney and ureter
• Cervix
• Bladder
• Colorectal
Chronic Diseases
• Stroke
• Blindness, cataracts, age-related macular degeneration*
• Congenital defects-maternal smoking: orofacial clefts*
• Periodontitis
• Aortic aneurysm, early abdominal aortic atherosclerosis in young adults
• Coronary heart disease
• Pneumonia
• Atherosclerotic peripheral vascular disease
• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, tuberculosis,* asthma, and other respiratory effects
• Diabetes*
• Reproductive effects in women (including reduced fertility)
• Hip fractures
• Ectopic pregnancy*
• Male sexual function-erectile dysfunction*
• Rheumatoid arthritis*
• Immune function*
• Overall diminished health
Each condition presented in bold text and followed by an asterisk (*) is a new disease causally linked to smoking in the 2014 Surgeon General’s Report, The Health Consequences of Smoking—50 Years of Progress.
Publication date from document properties--created: 1/30/14; modified: 5/9/17
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