In a report from the New York Times, a new study shows that tobacco causes five more diseases and approximately 60,000 deaths each year.

This new information was gathered from a study that followed around one million people for 10 years. The results from the study showed researchers that smoking can increase risks of infection, kidney disease, intestinal disease, and heart and lung illnesses that were not previously caused by tobacco.

These new facts are an even a bigger wakeup call to the population of smokers. The new diseases are, in addition to other life-threatening effects, caused by smoking, which include artery disease, heart attacks and lung cancer. Even though these are all life-threatening outcomes, the public still chooses to smoke.

The New York Times quoted information from the Washington School of Medicine in St. Louis and apparently researching officials in the United States have underestimated the impact of smoking on the American public. For those who are terrified of smoking and of the outcomes that can occur, they have more to worry about.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released information that says 42 million Americans engage in smoking. More information showed that smokers usually die about a decade earlier than nonsmokers and that smokers are 20 times more likely to die from lung cancer than nonsmokers. It is facts like these that one would think might help encourage someone to stop smoking, but the numbers show that millions of Americans still don’t care.

With the studies that are done and the new findings, they all lead back to the message that smoking is wrong. Looking back to even elementary school, smoking is definitely not encouraged to young people, but it’s still a popular habit. The New York Times reported that it is the less-educated people who are the most likely to smoke.

Not surprisingly, studies have shown that heavier smokers have the highest risk of getting different diseases. However, what about smokers who quit? The New York Times reported that in a current study for people who quit smoking, their risk of getting a smoking-related disease will decrease over time for as long as they refrain from smoking.

Doctors have even been saying that even if somebody isn’t directly getting an illness, smoking is in no way helping their body. Based on the numbers and the amount of deaths that occur each year from smoking, a smoker will be affected eventually from smoking whether it be financially or physically.