Question

What is the Heath of the Smokers?

Answer 1

• Cigarette smoking harms nearly every organ of the body, causes many diseases, and reduces the health of smokers in general.

• Quitting smoking lowers your risk for smoking-related diseases and can add years to your life.

• Smokers are more likely than nonsmokers to develop heart disease, stroke, and lung cancer.

Smoking and Respiratory Disease

• Smoking can cause lung disease by damaging your airways and the small air sacs (alveoli) found in your lungs.

Smoking can cause cancer almost anywhere in your body:

• Bladder
• Blood (acute myeloid leukemia)
• Cervix
• Colon and rectum (colorectal)
• Esophagus
• Kidney and ureter
• Larynx
• Liver
• Oropharynx (includes parts of the throat, tongue, soft palate, and the tonsils)
• Pancreas
• Stomach
• Trachea, bronchus, and lung