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People with serious mental illness are more likely to smoke, putting them at risk for smoking-related cancer, lung disease, and cardiovascular disease.

American Psychological Association; Kirsten Weir ; Home // Monitor on Psychology // June 2013 Monitor on Psychology // Smoking and mental illness

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Cancer, Disease

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Radioactive Polonium-210 is found in cigarette smoke. Polonium-210 contributes to cancer.

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"Smoking and Tobacco Control." U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute. Risks Associated with Smoking Cigarettes with Low Machine-Measured Yields of Tar and Nicotine. 19 Nov. 2001: 180.

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Cancer, Ingredients

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The most common causes of death among people with mental illness are heart disease, cancer, and lung disease, which can all be caused by smoking.

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Tobacco Use Among Adults with Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders (Secondary Source CDC Report)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1EEuLGQRomzb2Y5TE5aVS1HWFU/view

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Cancer, Death, Disease

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In the U.S., 160,000 people die each year from smoking-related lung cancer.

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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Health Consequences of Smoking: 50 Years of Progress. A Report of the Surgeon General. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health, 2014.

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In the US, 36,000 people die each year from cancers other than lung caused by smoking.

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"The Health Consequences of Smoking—50 Years of Progress. A Report of the Surgeon General." U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health. Smoking-Attributable Morbidity, Mortality, and Economic Costs, 2014. Report.

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Cancer, Death, Cigarettes

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In the U.S., 7,330 people die each year from secondhand smoke-related lung cancer.

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Of current smokers in the U.S., 358,000 have a cancer other than lung cancer from smoking.

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Cigarette Smoking Attributable Morbidity - United States, 2000. CDC. 04 Sept. 2003; 52(35) 842-844. Table.

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Of current smokers in the U.S., 46,000 have lung cancer from smoking.

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"Cigarette Smoking Attributable Morbidity - United States, 2000." CDC. 05 Sept. 52(35). 2003: 842-844. Table.

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Fact People with serious mental illness are more likely to smoke, putting them at risk for smoking-related cancer, lung disease, and cardiovascular disease.

Fact Radioactive Polonium-210 is found in cigarette smoke. Polonium-210 contributes to cancer.

Fact The most common causes of death among people with mental illness are heart disease, cancer, and lung disease, which can all be caused by smoking.

Fact In the U.S., 160,000 people die each year from smoking-related lung cancer.

Fact In the US, 36,000 people die each year from cancers other than lung caused by smoking.

Fact In the U.S., 7,330 people die each year from secondhand smoke-related lung cancer.

Fact Of current smokers in the U.S., 358,000 have a cancer other than lung cancer from smoking.

Fact Of current smokers in the U.S., 46,000 have lung cancer from smoking.

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People with serious mental illness are more likely to smoke, putting them at risk for smoking-related cancer, lung disease, and cardiovascular disease.

Fact

Radioactive Polonium-210 is found in cigarette smoke. Polonium-210 contributes to cancer.

Fact

The most common causes of death among people with mental illness are heart disease, cancer, and lung disease, which can all be caused by smoking.

Fact

In the U.S., 160,000 people die each year from smoking-related lung cancer.

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In the US, 36,000 people die each year from cancers other than lung caused by smoking.

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In the U.S., 7,330 people die each year from secondhand smoke-related lung cancer.

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Of current smokers in the U.S., 358,000 have a cancer other than lung cancer from smoking.

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Of current smokers in the U.S., 46,000 have lung cancer from smoking.