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More than an addiction.

According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), smoking leads to:

  • Disease
  • Disability
  • Harm to nearly every organ of the body [10]

For every smoker who dies, there are roughly 30 people who live with a smoking-related illness.

More than 16 million Americans are living with an illness caused by smoking.

Smoking causes:

  • Cancer
  • Heart disease
  • Stroke
  • Lung diseases
  • Diabetes
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
  • Emphysema
  • Chronic bronchitis
  • Erectile dysfunction in males
  • Lower estrogen in females

Smoking increases your risk for:

  • Tuberculosis
  • Eye diseases
  • Problems with the immune system
  • Rheumatoid arthritis

10. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Health Consequences of Smoking—50 Years of Progress: A Report of the Surgeon General. Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health, 2014 [accessed 2015 Apr 7].