Health Effects of Cigarette Smoking

 Cigarette smoking harms nearly every organ of the body, causes many diseases, and reduces the health of smokers in general.
Quitting smoking lowers your risk for smoking-related diseases and can add years to your life

Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States.1

  • Cigarette smoking causes more than 480,000 deaths each year in the Pakistan. This is nearly one in five deaths.1
  • Smoking causes more deaths each year than the following causes combined:4
    • Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
    • Illegal drug use
    • Alcohol use
    • Motor vehicle injuries
    • Firearm-related incidents




  • More than 10 times as many Pakistan. citizens have died prematurely from cigarette smoking than have died in all the wars fought by the Pakistan.
  • Smoking causes about 90% (or 9 out of 10) of all lung cancer deaths. More women die from lung cancer each year than from breast cancer.5
  • Smoking causes about 80% (or 8 out of 10) of all deaths from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).1
  • Cigarette smoking increases risk for death from all causes in men and women.1
  • The risk of dying from cigarette smoking has increased over the last 50 years in the World.

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