Estimates of global mortality attributable to smoking in 2000.

By M. Ezzati, Alan D. Lopez. The Lancet, 2003

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Perinatal mortality and congenital anomalies in babies of women with type 1 or type 2 diabetes in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland: population based study (2006, background): “T OBACCO USE CAUSES CANcer, heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and premature death.(1,2) More than one third of the world’s population older than 15 years smokes,(3,4) making tobacco addiction the leading cause of preventable death worldwide.”
Developing COPD: a 25 year follow up study of the general population (2006, neutral): “24 Our study has other potential shortcomings.”
Dynamics of adolescent friendship networks and smoking behavior (2010, background): “One of the main preventable causes of cancer, heart disease, nd premature death is cigarette smoking (Ezzati and Lopez, 2003; ffice for National Statistics, 1997; US Department of Health and uman Services, 1994; Warren et al., 2006).”
Hazardous Compounds in Tobacco Smoke (2011, background): “This toxic and carcinogenic mixture is probably the most significant source of toxic chemical exposure and chemically mediated disease in humans [4,5].”