Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease tobacco smoke

Nicotine and the other ingredients in tobacco have been cited as causing a variety of fatal illnesses. A study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 1991 listed the causes of death related to smoking with annual death toll as follows (cardiovascular) heart disease, 150,000 stroke, 26,000 other, 24,000 (cancer) lung, 112,000 other, 31,000 (non-malignant pulmonary disease) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, 62,000 other, including pneumonia and influenza, 21,000 for a total of 426,000 fatalities a year directly attributable to tobacco. Further, the CDC points out that tobacco is also responsible for an annual... 

Alcohol, nicotine, and caffeine are considered by most to be socially acceptable drugs, yet they impose an enormous social and economic cost on our society. More than 440,000 deaths each year are attributable to tobacco use, making tobacco the number one preventable cause of death and disease in this country. Smoking is responsible for 85% of all lung cancer deaths, approximately 80% of aU chronic obstructive pulmonary disease deaths, and 30% of overall health disease deaths. ... 

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