Female smokers are 12 times more likely to die from the disease. Many people do not realize that lung cancer among women who smoke far exceeds breast cancer as a cause of cancerous death . The effects of smoking are not limited to lung cancer. Cigarette use is known to be a cause in cases of cancer of the mouth, pharynx, larynx, esophagus, pancreas, bladder, uterine, cervical and kidney. They are sadly mistaken, however.
Tobacco causes more cancer than all other known carcinogens combined.
Heart Attack, Stroke and Emphysema Smokers are also prey to a number of other illnesses . According to the CDC, smoking triples the risk of dying from heart disease . Devastating strokes are much more common in smokers. Smoking causes almost all cases of emphysema and chronic bronchitis, conditions which kill thousands of Americans each year and leaves millions of others constantly struggling to breathe. Smoking is the number one cause of early heart attack, far outweighing the effects of cholesterol in most victims.