Is either smoking or second hand smoke a recognized cause of death for entry on the death cerrificate?

Answer 1

CRY BABIES! No THEY LIST IT A HEART FAILURE. What would everyone do if we all quit smoking?You would have to pay all the taxes we now pay on smokes.

Answer 2

not at this time as far as i know. but a couple of years ago 2nd hand smoke was classified as a carcinagin. it may be in the future instead of broncitis or some other lung disease caused by smoke or 2nd hand smoke.---here is a interesting fact for you and that baby you are trying to protect. in wisconsin here and all cold states, every time you go to wal-mart and breath the air in the parking lot, it is the same as smoking a pack of cigarettes. i have bad bronciol tubes from a chemical accident and it kills me to park a long way from the door of any store. the doctor decides what is put on it, but i am sure he will change it a little if you want.

Answer 3

Smoking or passive smoking causes things like lung cancer and the like. It would be the actual disease that would be recorded on the death certificate, not the fact that the geezer was too sodding lazy to throw away the fags (or in the case of passive smoking, that the person in question forgot to use Oust everywhere they went)...

Answer 4

Pedantically, smoking doesn't kill you. Smoking causes, or helps to cause, things that kill you.

Smoking helps to cause cancer. Cancer can kill you.
Smoking helps to cause COPD (emphysema, etc), which leads to heart failure, that kills you.
Smoking can help to cause hardening of the arteries, that can lead to a heart attack, that kills you.

Answer 5

No. They put what medical problem is happening such as lung cancer and cardiac arrest.

Answer 6

No, but it should be. It takes the form of different names such as...cancer, emphysema,stroke, heart failure...etc......