Health Issues
Tobacco smoking is the leading cause of cancer. It also causes heart disease, lung diseases (including emphysema), blindness and many other conditions.
Many of the diseases are chronic and disabling and it has been estimated that for every premature death caused by smoking in the US in a given year, there were at least 20 smokers living with a smoking related disease (USDHHS 2004).
There is also strong evidence that passive smoking or exposure to second hand smoke will also cause diseases, including lung cancer in healthy non-smokers.
The Cancer Council ACT promotes that there is no safe level of smoking and/or risk- free exposure to second hand smoke.
Further information on health issues related to smoking can be found:
www.quit.org
www.quitnow.info.au
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