Volume 1
The tobacco industry and the health risks of smoking : second report / Health Committee.
- Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Health Committee
- Date:
- 2000
Licence: Open Government Licence
Credit: The tobacco industry and the health risks of smoking : second report / Health Committee. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![He also lists those few conditions in which smoking has apparent health benefits: DISEASES INVERSELY ASSOCIATED WITH SMOKING Parkinson’s Disease Cancer of body of uterus Ulcerative Colitis Fibroids Aphthous Ulcers Nausea and vomiting of pregnancy Allergic Alveolitis Pre-eclampsia ? Alzheimer’s Disease!! A more detailed analysis of the extent to which smoking contributes to death comes in the latest report from the Royal College of Physicians:' Estimated number and percentage of deaths attributable to smoking by cause, UK 1997. Deaths from disease estimated to be caused by smoking Number As % of all deaths from disease Diseases caused in part by Men Women Total Men Women Total Lung 19,600 9,600 29,200 89 75 84 Upper respiratory 1,500 400 1,900 74 50 66 Oesophagus 2,900 1,700 4,600 71 65 68 Bladder 1,600 300 1,900 47 19 37 Kidney 700 100 800 40 6 27 Stomach 1,600 300 1,900 35 1] 26 Pancreas 600 900 1,500 20 26 23 Unspecified site 2,400 600 3,000 33 if 20 Myeloid leukaemia 200 100 -' |» 300 19 1] 15 Respiratory Chronic obstructive lung disease 14,000 9,700 23,700 86 81 84 Pneumonia 5,600 4,800 10,500 23 13 17 Circulatory Ischaemic heart disease 16,800 7,500 24,300 we 12 17 Cerebrovascular disease 3,000 3,800 6,900 Z 9 10 Aortic aneurysm 3,800 2,000 5,800 61 52 OW) Myocardial degeneration 200 300 500 OD: 12 15 Atheroscelerosis 100 100 200 15 10 Digestive Ulcer of stomach or duodenum 900 1,000 2,000 45 45 45. Total caused by smoking 75,600 43,200 118,800 Diseases prevented in part by smoking Parkinson’s disease 900 400 1,300 55 . 28 43 Endometrial cancer - 100 100 - 17 17 Total prevented by smoking 900 500 1,400 Deaths from all causes due to smoking (Caused less prevented) 74,700 42,700 117,400 Totals may not add up due to rounding to nearest 100. 'l The evidence on the impact of smoking on Alzheimer’s disease is unclear. See eg P N Lee, “Smoking and Alzheimer’s Disease: A Review of the Epidemiological Evidence”, Neuroepidemiology 1994:13(4), pp.131-44; A Ott, AJ C Slooter et al, “Smoking and Risk of Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease in a Population-Based Cohort Study”, The Lancet 1998:351, pp.1840-43; P A Newhouse and J R Hughes, “The Role of Nicotine and Nicotinic Mechanisms in Neuropsychiatric Disease”, British Journal of Addiction, 1991:86(5), pp.521-26. 2 Nicotine Addiction in Britain, p.17.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b32221083_0001_0017.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
