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.