Increased health risks caused by smoking in the U.S. 2014

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This statistic shows a calculation of the increased risk of suffering certain health problems when smoking as of 2014. It was estimated that the risk of developing lung cancer is 25 times higher among male smokers than among male non-smokers.

Increased chance of health problems as a result of smoking in the United States as of 2014

Characteristic	Increased chance of health problem
Developing lung cancer - men	25
Developing lung cancer - women	25.7
Coronary heart disease*	4
Stroke*	4
Dying from chronic obstructive lung diseases	13

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April 2017

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United States

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2014

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* Highest estimate

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