• Cigarette smoking causes more than 480,000 deaths per year in the U.S.

• More than 10 times as many U.S. citizens have died prematurely from cigarette smoking than have died in all the wars fought by the U.S.

• Smoking causes about 90% of all lung cancer deaths.

• More women die from lung cancer each year than from breast cancer.

• Smoking can cause cancer almost anywhere in the body.

• Smoking can make it harder for women to become pregnant.

• Smoking can negatively affect teeth and gum health.

• The chance of birth problems is higher in smokers.

• Rates of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus is higher in smokers than nonsmokers.

• Smoking increases risk of certain eye problems such as age related macular degeneration and cataracts.

• 10 years after you quit smoking your risk of lung cancer drops by half

• Mouth, bladder, throat, and esophagus cancer risk drops by half 5 years after quitting smoking.

• Within 2-5 years of quitting smoking your risk or stroke can fall to that of nonsmokers.

• Within 1 year after quitting smoking risk of heart attack drops sharply

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https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/health_effects/effects_cig_smoking/index.htm