-    On average lifelong smokers lose at least 10 years of their life.

-    With every drag, toxins and carcinogens enter the body. At least 70 chemical substances cause cancer.

-    Smokers have a higher risk of developing diabetes.

-    Smoking is a risk factor for developing dementia, a group of disorders that lead to a decrease in cognitive ability and deteriorating brain function.

-    Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia, and around 14% of all Alzheimer's cases across the world may be related to smoking.

-    Women who smoke more often have painful menstruations and experience more severe menopause symptoms.

-    In smoking women, menopause happens 1-4 years earlier since smoking has a negative effect on the formation of egg cells in ovaries, leading to loss of reproductive function and subsequent decrease in estrogen levels.

-    Tobacco smoke restricts the flow of oxygen to body tissues.

-    Tobacco consumption restricts blood flow which may cause gangrene (tissue necrosis) if left untreated and lead to amputation of the affected areas.

-    Tobacco consumption increases the risk of periodontal disease – a chronic inflammatory condition that affects gums (the affected gum recedes with time exposing the dental neck) and destroys bone tissue, leading to teeth loss.

-    Smokers have a much higher risk of postoperative complications than non-smokers.

-    The process of weaning smokers from artificial lung ventilators is fraught with difficulties. This often becomes the reason for longer stays in intensive care units (ICUs) and in the hospital in general, which exposes them to risks of other infections.

-    Smokers have a higher chance of developing disorders of the gastrointestinal tract, such as stomach ulcers, inflammatory intestinal disorders accompanied by abdominal spasms, constant, diarrhea, fever and rectal hemorrhage, as well as cancer of the gastrointestinal tract.

-    Smokers are more prone to bone density loss, bone fractures, and serious complications, such as slow synostosis or lack of synostosis in the fractured area.

-    Tobacco smoke components weaken the immune system, exposing people who smoke to the risk of pulmonary infections.

-    Smokers have a genetic predisposition to autoimmune diseases, a higher risk of developing such diseases as rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn’s disease, bacterial meningitis, post-op infections, and cancer.

-    Smoking also exposes people with weakened immunity, e.g. patients with cystic fibrosis, multiple sclerosis or cancer, to a higher risk of concomitant diseases or premature death.

-    The impact of tobacco on immunity exposes people with HIV to a higher risk of developing AIDS. Among HIV-positive smokers, the average indicator of years lost is 12.3. This is twice higher than among non-smokers.