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CDC - Fact Sheet - Health Effects of Cigarette Smoking - Smoking & Tobacco Use - 0 views

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  • More than 10 times as many U.S. citizens have died prematurely from cigarette smoking than have died in all the wars fought by the United States during its history.1Smoking causes about 90% (or 9 out of 10) of all lung cancer deaths in men and women.1,2 More women die from lung cancer each year than from breast cancer.5
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Smoking and Dental Health: Yellow Teeth, Bad Breath, and Other Smoking Effects - 0 views

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  • Smoking and other tobacco products can lead to gum disease by affecting the attachment of bone and soft tissue to your teeth. More specifically, it appears that smoking interferes with the normal function of gum tissue cells. This interference makes smokers more susceptible to infections, such as periodontal disease, and also seems to impair blood flow to the gums - which may affect wound healing.
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    Smoking and other tobacco use can cause oral health problems like gum disease and tooth decay. Get the facts from WebMD.
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Why Is Smoking Bad For You? - Medical News Today - 0 views

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  • Smoking is the largest cause of preventable death in the world. Recent studies have found that smokers can undermine the health of non-smokers in some environments.
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  • An estimated 50,000 Americans lose their lives to secondhand smoke annually and 4 million youth (16 percent) are exposed to secondhand smoke in their homes. A number of studies have indicated that animals, too, face health risks when exposed to the toxins in secondhand smoke, from respiratory problems, allergies and even nasal and lung cancer in dogs and lymphoma in cats.
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    You know cigarette smoke is bad for you but have you ever considered how it is affecting your pet?
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Health Effects of Smoking | Be Tobacco Free.gov - 0 views

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  • The immune system is the body’s way of protecting itself from infection and disease. Smoking compromises the immune system, making smokers more likely to have respiratory infections.Smoking also causes several autoimmune diseases, including Crohn’s disease and rheumatoid arthritis. It may also play a role in periodic flare-ups of signs and symptoms of autoimmune diseases. Smoking doubles your risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis.Smoking has recently been linked to type 2 diabetes, also known as adult-onset diabetes. Smokers are 30% to 40% more likely to develop type 2 diabetes than nonsmokers. Additionally, the more cigarettes an individual smokes, the higher the risk for diabetes.
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How Cigarettes Damage Your Body - 0 views

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  • Here are some other problems smoking causesSmoking robs you of some of your good cholesterol.  Smoking temporarily raises your blood pressure.Smoking increases the blood’s clotting likelihood.Smoking makes it more difficult to exercise.
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