From impotence to diabetes, cataracts to psoriasis, the proven dangers
of smoking go well beyond heart and lung disease. Here, for the first
time in one complete volume, noted experts detail all the known health
threats of smoking.
Each day thousands of people decide to smoke. The American Council on
Science and Health offers the cold, hard facts about smoking in
Cigarettes: What the Warning Label Doesn't Tell You so that the decision
can be an informed one. The health experts at ACSH urge consumers to
look beyond the headlines, the politics, the propaganda, and opinion
polls to learn what research has proven about the dangers of smoking,
the leading cause of preventable death in this country.
Twenty eye-opening chapters all carefully reviewed by independent health
experts explain clearly and honestly how cigarette smoking can effect
the body from head to toe. They go far beyond the obvious risks of heart
disease, lung cancer and emphysema, stroke, and concerns over
second-hand smoke. Probed in depth are conditions few would even
associate with smoking risks to which moderate to light smokers are
susceptible: blood vessel disease, skin disease and wrinkles, risks
during surgery, joint and bone problems, pediatric illness, male
infertility and impotence, nerve disorders, numerous types of cancer,
depression, hearing loss, eye disorders, Crohn's disease, and more.
The American Council on Science and Health, Inc., is an independent,
nonprofit consumer education consortium concerned with issues related to
food, nutrition, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, lifestyle, the environment,
and health.
