List Linking Smoking to Diseases Expands

The  list of diseases linked to smoking grew longer Thursday. Add  acutemyeloid leukemia, cancers of the cervix, kidney,pancreas and  stomach,abdominalaortic aneurysms, cataracts,periodontitis  and pneumonia."We've knownfor decades that smoking is bad for your health,but  this report shows  that it's even worse," said Surgeon General Richard Carmona, announcing  his first official assessment of the effects  of  tobacco. [more]