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Smoking hazards

Question:

What are the negative effects of smoking?

Answer:

Smokers have an increased risk of the following:

• Lung cancer
• Lung disease
• Heart attack
• Heart disease
• Hypertension
• Stroke
• Oral cancer
• Bladder cancer
• Pancreatic cancer
• Cervical cancer
• Pregnancy complications
• Low birth weight babies
• Early menopause
• Lower estrogen level for women
• Facial wrinkles

• Sudden infant death syndrome
• Respiratory infections
• Lung cancer
• Ear infections

Review Date: 03/01/2007
Reviewed By: David A. Kaufman, M.D., Assistant Professor, Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.