The latest report says smoking can also cause diseases such as liver and colorectal cancer , diabetes , rheumatoid arthritis , and erectile problems .
The new report warns that U.S. health inspectors smoking causes more health problems than previously thought .
The results of the study released on Friday ( 17/1 ) following the 50th anniversary of the historic report of the first health inspector confirmed that smoking causes lung cancer .
The latest report says smoking can also cause diseases such as liver and colorectal cancer , diabetes , rheumatoid arthritis , and erectile problems .
Since the 1964 announcement , which caused the start of the anti - smoking movement , the numbers of smokers in the U.S. has dropped from 42 percent to 18 percent rate now .
However , the acting Inspector Boris Lushniak Health said the government is not likely to achieve the target to reduce smoking 12 percent by 2020 , and warned the death in large numbers due to smoking still occurs . He said that 5.6 million more children today will die prematurely because of smoking , if current trends persist . | VOA
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