Every year hundreds of thousands of people around the world die from diseases caused by smoking.

The list of complications that have been mentioned in various sources for Smoking includes:

>Chronic obstructive lung disease
>Chronic bronchitis
>Emphysema
Various cancers are linked to smoking:
>Lung cancer
>Throat cancer
>Esophagus cancer
>Urinary tract cancer
>Kidney cancer
>Pancreas cancer
>Cervix cancer

Smoking linked to various other diseases:
>Heart disease
>Peripheral artery disease
>Blood vessel disease
>Polycythemia

Smoking effects on female fertility:
>Female infertility
>Early menopause
>Smoking effects on pregnancy: (see Pregnancy symptoms)
>Low birth weight
>Vaginal bleeding (pregnancy)
>Miscarriage
>Premature delivery
>Stillbirth
>Sudden infant death syndrome