Health Effects of Smoking on the Bladder

Your bladder is a muscular, balloon-shaped organ located in your pelvis. It stores urine that your kidneys produce during the process of filtering your blood. Like a balloon, the bladder can get larger or smaller depending on the amount of urine it holds. Urine passes from each kidney to your bladder through a thin tube called a ureter and is eliminated from your body through another narrow tube, the urethra. Like other organs in your body, cancerous cells can sometimes form in the bladder and spread throughout the body.

The Health Effects of Smoking on the Bladder

Smoking causes bladder cancer.

In 2003, an estimated 57,400 new cases of bladder cancer were diagnosed in the United States, and an estimated 12,500 people died from the disease.

Benefits of Quitting Smoking

The risk of bladder cancer is cut in half a few years after quitting completely.

Source: Surgeon General's 2004 Report

Health Effects of Smoking on the Body

Brain

Eyes

Mouth, Throat Larynx, Esophagus

Lungs

Heart

Stomach

Kidneys

Bladder

Pancreas

Pregnancy

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