smoking cigarettes harms nearly every organ of the body. the list of diseases caused by smoking has been expanded to include abdominal aortic aneurysm acute myeloid leukemia cataracts cervical cancer kidney cancer pancreatic cancer pneumonia periodontitis and stomach cancer. these are in addition to diseases previously known to be caused by smoking including bladder esophageal laryngeal lung oral and throat cancers chronic lung diseases coronary heart and cardiovascular diseases as well as reproductive effects and sudden infant death syndrome.
what are the health consequences of smoking cigarettes?