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Health Effects of Cigarette Smoking

Tobacco has a negative effect on almost every organ of the body. According to the Surgeon General, tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of death in the United States, resulting in about 400,000 deaths each year. Worldwide, recent studies have shown that tobacco is responsible for about 6 million deaths each year.

Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS)—or secondhand smoke—results in approximately 3000 lung cancer deaths per year in non-smo...Read the full article