Cigarette smoking is the greatest environmental cause of death in the United States.  Six times as many people die from smoking as from automobile accidents.

    Cigarette smoking is the number-one cause of lung cancer, accounting for 80 percent of all lung cancer deaths.

   Cigarette smoking accounts for one-third of all deaths from heart disease (the United States'
number-one killer).

    Cigarette smoking is the major cause of emphysema and chronic bronchitis.

    Cigarette smoking is a significant cause of cancer of the mouth, larynx, esophagus, and bladder, and is significantly associated with cancer of the pancreas and kidney.

    Smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of spontaneous abortion, stillbirth, and infant death (within a month after birth).  Also, babies born to women who smoke during pregnancy weigh an average of nearly a half-pound less than babies born to nonsmokers.

    A woman who smokes and takes birth control pills is 10 times as likely to suffer a heart attack and 20 times as likely to have a stroke as a woman who does neither.