Smoking Kills more people than cocaine, heroine, alcohol, fire, automobile accidents, homicides, suicides, and AIDS combined. Reports of the Surgeon General have concluded that smoking increases mortality and morbidity in both men and women. Disease associations identified as causal include coronary heart disease, atherosclerotic peripheral vascular disease, lung and laryngeal cancer, oral cancer, esophageal cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, intrauterine growth retardation and low-birthweight babies. Cigarette smoking is now considered to be a probable cause of unsuccessful pregnancies, increased infant mortality. 27.3 percent of youths in grades 9 - 12 smoke in New Jersey.
Passive smoking is the third leading preventable cause of death.
Each of these categories reflect a number one ranking over all other industries. Please consider including the American Heart Association in your will.