| Lots of people die every year prematurely because of | | | | increases the risk of stroke 4-fold compared with |
| their smoking. Scientists have calculated that each | | | | those who do not smoke. |
| cigarette shortens life by about 10 minutes. This means | | | | Spontaneous air leaks in the pleura - This risk |
| for example that a person who smokes 20 cigarettes | | | | increases 30 times for the male smokers and 14 times |
| a day for 20 years shorten his life by almost three | | | | for the female smokers compared with non-smoker. |
| years. | | | | Deaths due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, |
| Smoking increases the risk of: | | | | ie emphysema and chronic bronchitis - The risk are |
| Lung cancer - For a smoker increases the risk about | | | | increased 10-12 times in smokers. |
| the number of cigarettes smoked per day. 20 | | | | Goiter (thyroid enlargement) - Smokers have twice the |
| cigarettes per day provides 20-fold increased risk and | | | | risk of goiter. |
| so on. | | | | Toxic goiter with eye complications - The risk is |
| Laryngeal cancer - Is 10-12 times more common | | | | increased 8 times for the smoker. |
| among smokers. | | | | Mortality of peptic ulcer - The risk is 3 times higher |
| Oesophageal cancer - Is 10 times more common | | | | among smokers. |
| among smokers. | | | | Back Diseases - A smoker has more fragile disks of |
| Stomach cancer. One out of five cases are | | | | the spine and therefore a higher risk of herniated discs |
| associated to smoking. | | | | and other back problems. |
| Pancreatic cancer - 30 percent are associated to | | | | Femoral fractures - Older smokers break the femoral |
| smoking. | | | | twice as often as those who do not smoke. The |
| Cancer of the bladder and cancer of the kidney - In | | | | cause is osteoporosis. |
| men half of all those cancers are linked to tobacco. In | | | | Visual impairment - Smokers suffer from visual |
| women, the corresponding figures are 37 and 12 | | | | impairment (cataracts) 2-3 times as often as |
| percent. | | | | non-smoker. |
| Uterine cancer - 30 percent are associated to | | | | Wrinkles - Smoking represents a 4.7-fold higher risk of |
| smoking. | | | | developing wrinkles. That figure compares with |
| Leukaemia - 20-30 percent are associated to smoking. | | | | excessive sunlight, which is 3 times greater risk of |
| Aortic Aneurysm (hernia of the aorta) - 60 percent of | | | | wrinkles. |
| cases by smokers. | | | | Impaired fertility - Infertility among women and men. |
| Heart arrhythmias with fatal outcome - Considered for | | | | Unsuccessful artificial insemination - The chances for a |
| 40 percent of cases could be linked to smoking. | | | | successful artificial insemination is only one fifth of |
| Poor blood circulation in the heart (ischemic heart | | | | smokers compared to non-smoker. |
| disease) - Depends for 30 percent of the cases. | | | | Impotence - 60-70 percent of those who seek medical |
| Myocardial infarction - For a woman who smokes | | | | advice for impotence in urological clinics are smokers. |
| about 25 cigarettes per day increases the risk of heart | | | | The risk of tooth loss is 4-6 times greater for those |
| attack by 5.5 times. | | | | who smoke. |
| Stroke - Anyone who smokes 35 cigarettes per day | | | | |