A Report of the Surgeon General: How Tobacco Smoke Causes Disease, 2010

The Biology and Behavioral Basis for Smoking-Attributable Disease

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Front Matter

Chapters

Chapter 1: Introduction, Evaluation of Evidence on Mechanisms of Disease Production, and Summary (1.5MB)
Chapter 2: The Changing Cigarette (130KB)
Chapter 3: Chemistry and Toxicology of Cigarette Smoke and Biomarkers of Exposure and Harm (756KB)
Chapter 4: Nicotine Addiction: Past and Present (1.3MB)
Chapter 5: Cancer (2.1MB)
Chapter 6: Cardiovascular Diseases (947KB)
Chapter 7: Pulmonary Diseases (9.1MB)
Chapter 8: Reproductive and Developmental Effects (880KB)
Chapter 9: A Vision for the Future (509KB)

Back Matter

List of Abbreviations (88KB)
List of Tables and Figures (64KB)
Definitions and Alternative Nomenclature of Genetic Symbols Used in This Report (121KB)
Index (169KB)