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. 2014 Jun 20;16(3):141–150. doi: 10.5152/ttd.2014.3898

Table 1.

Smoking-related diseases

Smoking-related diseases Second-hand smoke-related diseases

Cancers Chronic diseases Children Adults
Larynx Stroke (paralysis) Brain tumour* Stroke (Paralysis)*
Oropharynx Blindness Middle ear disease Nasal irritation
Oesophagus Cataract Lymphoma* Nasal Sinus Cancer*
Lung Periodontitis Pulmonary function disorder Breast cancer
Acute myeloid leukaemia Aortic Aneurism Asthma* Coronary heart disease
Stomach Coronary Heart Disease Lower respiratory tract disease Lung cancer
Pancreas Pneumonia Sudden infant death syndrome Arteriosclerosis*
Kidney and Ureter Atherosclerotic peripheral vascular disease Leukaemia* COPD / Asthma*
Colon COPD / Asthma Reproductive impacts
Cervix Hip fracture
Urinary bladder Reproductive impacts
*

Causal evidence level is “challenging