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Default Smoking and quitting smoking facts - 07-13-2013, 11:23 AM

For all the intense efforts to reduce smoking in America over the past two decades, the progress has not been stellar. Today one in four men and one in five women still smoke.

Did you know that tobacco has over 4,000 chemicals in it? At least 19 of these are known to cause cancer. Therefore when you are smoking tobacco you are increasing your chances of lung cancer and heart disease with every single puff.

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Smoking and quitting smoking facts | The Medical Information - Part 1
   
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