Hallberg's Picture of Health: Study reveals additional smoking risks
Smoking may be far more deadly than anyone thought, according to the conclusions of a new study published in the current issue of the New England Journal of Medicine
The study raises the possibility that those who smoke are at risk for at least a dozen additional deadly diseases beyond the 21 currently linked to smoking.
MPR news medical commentator Dr. Jon Hallberg talks about the implications of the research. He is a physician in family medicine at the University of Minnesota. He also shares his insights and expertise on health and health care every week on All Things Considered.
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Diseases known to be caused by smoking:
• Lip and oral cavity cancer
• Esophageal cancer
• Stomach cancer
• Colorectal cancer
• Liver cancer
• Pancreatic cancer
• Laryngeal cancer
• Lung cancer
• Bladder cancer
• Kidney cancer
• Acute myeloid leukemia
• Diabetes
• Ischemic heart disease
• Other heart disease
• Stroke
• Atherosclerosis
• Aortic aneurysm
• Other arterial diseases
• Pneumonia, influenza and tuberculosis
• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Newly linked diseases:
• All infections
• Breast cancer
• Prostate cancer
• Rare cancers
• Cancers of unknown site
• Hypertensive heart disease
• Essential hypertension
• All other respiratory diseases
• Liver cirrhosis
• All other digestive diseases
• Kidney failure
• Additional rare causes combined
• Unknown causes