However bad you thought smoking was, its much worse. A new study adds 5 more diseases to the existing 21 diseases and 60,000 more deaths to the existing toll of half million deaths attributed to tobacco in United States alone.
Death rates of smokers are 2-3 times higher than those who have never smoked and they die a decade earlier than smokers. Stopping smoking helps reduce risk over time.
In addition to existing hazards of lung cancer, artery disease, heart attacks, chronic lung disease and stroke, smoking was also linked to increased risk of infection, kidney disease, intestinal disease and more heart and lung ailments.
Smoking weakens the immune system and increasing the risk of infection.
Previously established diseases include cancers of stomach, esophagus, colon, liver, pancreas, larynx, lung, bladder, kidney, cervix; acute myeloid leukemia (AML); diabetes; heart disease; stroke; pneumonia; chronic lung disease; tuberculosis (TB); influenza; aortic aneurysm; other artery disease
