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Effects of Smoking

      Smoking can cause...
*Mouth Cancer
*Lung Cancer
*Pancreatic Cancer
*Esophagus Cancer
*Pharynx Cancer
*Bladder Cancer
*Larynx Cancer
*Tongue Cancer
*Lip Cancer
*Gum Disease
*Bronchitis
*Coronary Artery Disease
*Cardiovascular Disease
*Respiratory Diseases
*Arthritis
*Peptic Ulcer
*Chronic Sinusitis
...and can trigger so many more diseases, syndromes, and impairments*

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healthy lung

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A tobacco-affected lung...

     ::Other Not-So-Pretty Effects::

 

*Bad breath

*Gum Disease

*You'll smell bad

*Yellow Teeth

*Pre-mature aging (WRINKLES!)

*Kills your energy

*Complicates pregnancy

*Kills taste buds

*Stained fingernails

*More (persistant) headaches

*Inferitility

 

*...and so many other things!

          *There's more than 4,700 toxic compounds going into your body....go figure!

 

                        

                      IMPORTANT:

* As few as five years of smoking can have a permanent effect on the lungs, the heart, the eyes, the throat, the urinary tract, the digestive organs, the bones and joints, and the skineven if the smoker quits. *