Tobacco use causes many other diseases. A partial list follows. Coronary artery disease is the most important cause of tobacco-related premature mortality, and kills more than two hundred thousand people each years. Other vascular disease is also a major cause of death and disability.
Aortic aneurysms can result in rupture and cause fatal hemmorrhage.
Nearly one-fifth of all deaths from cardiovascular disease are attributable to smoking. Damage to the lining cells of the lung causes chronic bronchitis which is manifested by chronic cough productive of increased amounts of sputum. Other damage to the supporting structure of the lung causes emphysema. This results in progressive shortness of breath, disability and finally death from respiratory failure. Tobacco is also responsible for the death of many people from cigarette related fires each year.