Risks from smoking

Health Effects of Cigarette Smoking

Smoking harms nearly every organ of the body. Smoking causes many diseases and reduces the health of smokers in general

Smoking and Death.

The adverse health effects from cigarette smoking account for an estimated 443,000 deaths, or nearly one of every five deaths, each year in the United States.2,3

More deaths are caused each year by tobacco use than by all deaths from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), illegal drug use, alcohol use, motor vehicle injuries, suicides, and murders combined.2,4

Smoking causes an estimated 90% of all lung cancer deaths in men and 80% of all lung cancer deaths in women.1

An estimated 90% of all deaths from chronic obstructive lung disease are caused by smoking.1

Smoking and Cancer

Acute myeloid leukemia

Bladder cancer

Cancer of the cervix

Cancer of the esophagus

Kidney cancer

Cancer of the larynx (voice box)

Stomach cancer

Cancer of the pharynx (throat)

Pancreatic cancer

Lung cancer

Cancer of the oral cavity (mouth)