House of Commons - Health - Minutes of Evidence

Select Committee on Health Minutes of Evidence

Appendix 1

Table 11

VASCULAR DISEASES CAUSED IN PART BY SMOKING

Ischaemic heart disease	*Aortic aneurysm
Myocardial degeneration	*Peripheral vascular disease
Hypertension (fatal)	*Buerger's disease
Arteriosclerosis	*Pulmonary heart disease
Subarachnoid haemorrhage
Cerebral thrombosis
Cerebral haemorrhage

*Risk increased five or more times