Smokers Beware
Smokers Beware By Dr. Robert Osgoodby By now, most people are well aware that smoking causes lung cancer. Cigarettes, pipes, cigars, and chewing tobacco kill more than 434,000 Americans each year accounting Supplements Reviews for one out of five premature deaths in this country. Lung cancer is just the first in a long list of tobacco related illnesses: Bladder Cancer - Smoking causes 40% of all cases of bladder cancer. Breast Cancer - Women who smoke are 75% more likely to develop breast cancer. Cervical Cancer - Up to one third of all cases of cervical cancer are directly attributable to smoking. Childhood Respiratory Ailments - Children exposed to parents tobacco smoke have six times as many respiratory infections as kids of nonsmoking parents. Diabetes - Smoking decreases the body's absorption of insulin. Emphysema - Smoking accounts for up to 85% of all deaths attributable to emphysema. Esophageal Cancer - Smoking accounts for 80% of all cases of esophageal canc...