(HealthDay News) -- It's no secret that tobacco use isn't good for you.

But here's a list of exactly which illnesses it can cause or contribute to, courtesy of the Montgomery County, Md., Department of Health and Human Services:

• Heart and vascular diseases.
• Cancers of the mouth, lung, esophagus, larynx and bladder.
• Chronic lung disease.
• Intrauterine growth retardation.
• Low birth weight babies.