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

The Biology and Behavioral Basis for Smoking-Attributable Disease

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Front Matter

• Cover (269KB)
• Title Page (97KB)
• Message from the Secretary (38KB)
• Foreword (46KB)
• Preface from the Surgeon General (49KB)
• Acknowledgments (83KB)
• Table of Contents (56KB)

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)