Tobacco

Health Effects on the Human Body

The Health Consequences of Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General (www.surgeongeneral.gov) (May 2004)

A comprehensive report on smoking published by the Surgeon General of the United States of America.

The Smoker's Body

Half of all long-term smokers will die from a smoking-related illness. Smoking works away at your organs and health over many years. Because most of the damage is happening beneath the skin, it's easy to forget what's happening. This poster from the World Health Organization vividly maps the injuries that smoking inflicts on different parts of the human body.

Cigar Smoking - The Facts (1998)

This fact sheet outlines some of the health effects associated with the smoking of cigars and touches on debate over cigar advertising restrictions.

National Drug Policy New Zealand

Tobacco

Health Effects on the Human Body