Table 1

Number of cases of morbidity associated with smoking related disease in the UK

	2 years	5 years	10 years	20 years
COPD	1794571	1965191	2364792	3236776
Asthma	487351	508018	544122	615259
CHD	455679	532568	626238	651600
Stroke	90602	94325	109725	127293
Lung cancer	35436	43471	64384	72533
LBW	97653	189524	331006	571003
Total	2961292	3333097	4040265	5274464

COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CHD, coronary heart disease; LBW, low birth weight pregnancy.