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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]
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Targeted advertising that's graphic, educational, and focused on America's youth has instilled the dangers of smoking into much of the younger ...
Smoking could cause almost 300,000 cancer cases in the UK over the next five years, according to new analysis. The “magnitude of damage” caused by cigarettes and tobacco “cannot be ignored ...
No one benefits from the very real, serious and significant diseases caused by smoking." [ 134 ] Between 1970 and 1995, per-capita cigarette consumption in poorer developing countries increased by 67 percent, while it dropped by 10 percent in the richer developed world.
An estimated 90% of lung cancers are caused by smoking. But even if you don’t smoke, there are other risk factors to be aware of. ... a family history of lung cancer and having a pre-existing ...
Referred to as a "lifestyle" disease, because the majority of these diseases are preventable illnesses, the most common causes for non-communicable diseases (NCD) include tobacco use (smoking), hazardous alcohol use, poor diets (high consumption of sugar, salt, saturated fats, and trans fatty acids) and physical inactivity.