Cigarette Smoking Causes and Care

Cigarette smoking remains the most important cause of preventable morbidity and early mortality. In 2000, there were an estimated 4.8 million premature deaths in the world attributable to smoking. 2.4 million in developing countries and 2 million in industrialized countries.More than three-quarters (3.8 Million) of these deaths were in men.The Leading causes of death from smoking were cardiovascular diseases (1.7 million deaths), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (1 million deaths), 

and lung cancer (0.9 million deaths), Cigarettes are responsible for one in every four deaths in the United States, Fortunately. US smoking rates are declining. Currently, 20% of US adults and 21.6% of adolescents in 12th grade are smokers.

     Nicotine is highly addictive, raises brain levels of dapamine, and produces withdrawal symptoms on discontinuation.


    Smokers die 5-8 years earlier than never-smokers. They have twice the risk of Fatal heart Disease, 10 times the risk of lung cancer, and several times the risk of cancers of mouth, throat, esophagus, pancreas, kidney, bladder, and cervix;a twofold greater risk of fractures of the hop, wrist and vertebrae; four times the risk of invasive pneumococcal disease and a twofold increase in contaracts.