Table 1. Chronic diseases causally linked to smoking and secondhand smoke exposure according to Surgeon General’s Report 2010–2014 (5,6).
Smoking | Secondhand smoke exposure | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
2010 | 2014 | 2010 | 2014 | |
Stroke | Stroke | CHD | CHD | |
Aortic aneurysm | Aortic aneurysm | Reproductive effects in women | Reproductive effects in women | |
CHD | CHD | Nasal irritation | Nasal irritation | |
APAD | APAD | Stroke | ||
COPD | COPD | |||
Pneumonia | Pneumonia | |||
Cataracts | Cataracts | |||
Reproductive effects in women | Reproductive effects in women | |||
Early abdominal aortic atherosclerosis | ||||
Diabetes | ||||
Erectile dysfunction | ||||
Rheumatoid arthritis | ||||
Immune function |
CHD, coronary heart diseases; APAD, atherosclerotic peripheral artery disease; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.