Lungs, mouth, pharynx, larynx, stomach, urinary bladder, gall Bladder, penis (and possibly others) In India, total number of tobacco related deaths are likely to be between 800,000 to 900,000 per year.
Tobacco leads to:
Heart and blood vessel disease, myocardial Infraction (Heart Attack), Angina (Chest Pain), sudden Cardiac Death (Unheralded sudden death), stroke (Brain Attack), peripheral Vascular Disease (Gangrene of legs).
There is 'one' tobacco related death every 8 seconds
Smokers/tobacco consumers are 2 to 3 times more likely to develop heart disease and paralysis than non-smokers.
Smoking causes more than 90% of lung cancers and other lung diseases (chronic bronchitis, emphysema).
Many other cancers are caused by tobacco:
Oral cancers (cancer of the cheek), stomach cancers, kidney cancers, bladder cancers.
Smoking / tobacco consumption is a cause of impotence in men.
