Turn off your cigarette, before he kills you

   Cigarettes cause very bad effects on health, and can damage almost every organ in the human body.  Therefore, smoking can cause various diseases, there are at least 24 kinds of terrible diseases such as cancer and heart disease.

 Adverse effects of smoking to health this will usually appear within a period of time, over 5 years. Cigarette tobacco products can be shaped in particular cigarettes, cigars, hand-rolled, using a pipe, tobacco being sucked, or smokeless tobacco.

   In the list below are described a variety of diseases and body parts that can be affected by adverse effects of smoking. Men or women who smoke face the same bad risks, namely death. In addition there are special risks for women is the disruption of reproductive function.

"Up to now not found any good result from smoking cigarettes. Because of its impact is very bad and deadly"

Here are the diseases and health problems in the organs of the body caused by smoking.

Cancer :

• lung cancer
• Oral cavity
• Pharynx
• Larynx
• Oesophagus (squamous cell carcinoma)
• Oesophagus (adenocarcinoma)
• Pancreas
• Urinary bladder
• Renal pelvis
• Kidney (renal cell carcinoma)
• Stomach
• Uterine cervix
• Granulocytic cells of bone marrow (myeoloid leukaemia)
• Nasal cavities
• Nasal sinuses
• Liver

Respiratory system :

• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
• Acute respiratory illnesses including pneumonia
• Premature onset of and an accelerated decline in lung function
• All major respiratory symptoms in adults, including coughing, phlegm, wheezing & dyspnoea
• Poor asthma control

Cardiovascular System :

• Coronary heart disease (CHD)
• Cerebrovascula disease
• Aortic aneurysm
• Peripheral arteria

Other diseases :

• Gastric ulcer
• Cataract
• Periodontitis
• Duodenal ulcer
• Adverse surgical outcomes related to wound healing and respiratory complications
• Hip fracture
• Reduced fertility in females
• Crohn's disease
• Age-related macular degeneration
• Tobacco amblyopia
• Osteoporosis

Specialized respiratory system disorders in infants / children, whose mothers smoked :

• Impaired lung growth
• Early-onset of lung function decline
• Respiratory symptoms including coughing, phlegm, wheezing dyspnoea
• Asthma-related symptoms (wheezing)

Female Reproductive System :

• Pregnancy complications
• Preterm delivery and shortened gestation
• Foetal growth restrictions and low birth weight
• Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)

Processed from: Tobacco or Health in the European Union 2004