Cigarette smoking harms nearly every organ of the human body, thereby causing a broad range of diseases, at least 24 of which are fatal, as well as a massive burden of chronic illness.

In the lists bellow described the diseases and other adverse health effects caused by cigarette smoking. It read more ...

Many non-smokers feel immediate effects on breathing in tobacco smoke. They can suffer from coughing, headache, eye irritation, sore throat, sneezing and runny nose, nausea, breathing problems, and irregular heartbeat (particularly for people with heart disease).
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Tobacco smoke is a serious environmental hazard and a significant cause of ill health. A review commissioned by the “Europe Against Cancer” Programme of the European Commission in 1997 concluded that:“Tobacco smoke is the most important source of indoor contaminants in environments where smoki read more ...

Nicotine, delivered from tobacco through smoking or oral use, is an addictive drug and tobacco use is, for the majority of smokers, essentially a form of nicotine self-administration. The tobacco industry was aware of this in the early 1960s, as revealed by the read more ...