Smoking causes a myriad of diseases and affects every part of the body. Alternatives such as dip, pipes, chewing tobacco, and cigars are just as toxic to the body.

Some of the diseases associated with smoking include: bladder, esophageal, laryngeal, lung, oral and throat cancers, coronary heart and cardiovascular diseases, acute myeloid leukemia, cataract, cervical cancer, kidney cancer, pancreatic cancer, pneumonia, periodontitis, and stomach cancer, to name a few.

In 2004, 44.5 million adults (20.9 percent) in the United States were current smokers—23.4 percent of men and 18.5 percent of women. An estimated 70 percent of these smokers said they wanted to quit.

For more information on quit smoking tips and other resources visit:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5077308/
http://www.lungusa.org/site/apps/s/content.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=34706&ct=66711
http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=22938&
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/PED/content/PED_10_13X_Help_for_Cravings.asp