QUESTION: "How can people tell you're a smoker?"
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A cigarette company executive was once asked if the executives smoked during their meetings. His reply: "We don't smoke the sh*t. We just sell it. We reserve the right to smoke for the young, the poor, the black, and the stupid." In 1971, a tobacco company CEO was asked about research that showed babies of smoking mothers were smaller. "Some women would prefer having smaller babies", he replied.
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TEETH: Cigarette smoke is damaging to your teeth and gums. Further, any injuries to your mouth take longer to heal because of the presence of smoke. |
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FETAL SMOKING SYNDROME: A woman who smokes while pregnant smokes for two - herself and her baby. This affects the unborn child in many ways. Because smoking causes blood vessels to become narrower, the baby gets less of the mother’s blood supply. This increases the risk of miscarriage and low birth weight. A baby born at a lower-than-normal weight is more likely to have health problems. Further, a newborn child in the care of a mother who smokes is at risk for lung problems caused by cigarette smoke. In some infants of mothers who smoke, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) may also be a risk. |
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 Normal Lung -This is a clean lung. The black specks are from having breathed smoggy air. Compare the smooth surface of this lung with the rough, ugly surface of the lung with emphysema. |
 Lung with Emphysema - This lung shows damage caused by smoking. Note the hollow bubbles in what was once healthy lung tissue. |
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'A potent new weapon is surfacing in the battle against smoking: impotence . . . Scientists have known about links between smoking and sexual problems for several years. But doctors and health-advocacy groups in some cases emboldened by the global publicity for the drug Viagra are just now beginning to trumpet the warnings.' "How Impotence Became Weapon Against Smoking," |
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BLADDER CANCER: Chemicals in cigarette smoke eventually end up in your urine. Because urine collects in your bladder, it washes your bladder with these dangerous cancer causing substances. Bladder cancer can result. |
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| Halitosis is another word for bad breath. Smoking gives you industrial strength bad breath, and no amount of breath mints or mouthwash will help. |
| If you are a woman and you smoke, your cigarette addiction may make it harder for you to become pregnant. Cigarette smoking causes problems with the Fallopian tubes that pass eggs from the ovaries to the uterus. Sadly, smoking is a popular activity among teenage girls. These girls may be robbing themselves of the ability to have children. |
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LUNG CANCER: Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer death in both men and women. Smoking is the most common cause of this kind of cancer. Unfortunately, lung cancer is hard to cure. In most cases, lung cancer is not found until it has spread to other parts of the body, like the brain, liver or bones. By quitting smoking, you can reduce your chance of getting this kind of cancer. |
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ORAL CANCER: Oral cancer includes cancers of the mouth, tongue, cheek and lips. Tobacco in both cigarettes and smokeless tobacco is leading cause of these deadly cancers. |
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| If you smoke, your cigarette isn’t the only thing that burns up! Poisons in cigarette smoke age your skin and dry it out, causing wrinkles. Smoking not only robs your health, it makes you look older than you otherwise would. |
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