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This is also a cause of heart diseases. [174] [175] Smoking also decreases weight by overexpressing the gene AZGP1, which stimulates lipolysis. [176] Smoking causes about 10% of the global burden of fire deaths, [177] and smokers are placed at an increased risk of injury-related deaths in general, partly due to also experiencing an increased ...
Bacterial diseases; Angular leaf spot (Synonym: Wildfire, Black fire) Pseudomonas syringae pv. tabaci) Granville wilt Ralstonia solanacearum, formerly Pseudomonas solanacearum: Hairy roots Agrobacterium rhizogenes: Hollow stalk Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora. E. carotovora subsp. atroseptica. Leaf gall Rhodococcus fascians
Among the diseases that can be caused by smoking are vascular stenosis, lung cancer, [58] heart attacks [59] and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). [60] Smoking during pregnancy may cause ADHD to a fetus. [61] Smoking is a risk factor strongly associated with periodontitis and tooth loss. [62]
The 3 Deadliest Diseases Caused by Smoking. Sean Williams, The Motley Fool. Updated July 14, 2016 at 9:56 PM.
The report's conclusions were almost entirely focused on the negative health effects of cigarette smoking. It found: cigarette smokers had a seventy percent increase in age-corrected mortality rate; cigarette smoke was the primary cause of chronic bronchitis; a correlation between smoking, emphysema, and heart disease. In addition, it reported:
Although smoking rates in the UK are going down, a growing population means there are still about 6.4 million smokers in the UK. Cancers caused by smoking reach UK high of 160 new cases per day ...
Cancer Research UK estimates there were nearly 160 cancer cases attributed to smoking diagnosed in the UK every day in 2023. Smoking could cause almost 300,000 cancer cases by 2029, charity says ...
None of the three main causes of death from smoking—lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (including emphysema and chronic bronchitis), and cardiovascular diseases—is caused primarily by nicotine; the main reason smoking is deadly is the toxic mix of chemicals in smoke produced by the combustion of tobacco. Products that ...