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There's no way around it. Smoking is bad for your health. Smoking harms nearly every organ of the body. Cigarette smoking causes 87 percent of lung cancer deaths. It is also responsible for many other cancers and health problems. These include lung disease, heart and blood vessel disease, stroke and cataracts. Women who smoke have a greater chance of certain pregnancy problems or having a baby die from sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Your smoke is also bad for other people - they breathe in your smoke secondhand and can get many of the same problems as smokers do.

Quitting smoking can reduce your risk of these problems. The earlier you quit, the greater the health benefit. (Read more)

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  1. Smoking (National Library of Medicine)
    There's no way around it. Smoking is bad for your health. Smoking harms nearly every organ of the body. Cigarette smoking causes 87 percent of lung cancer deaths. ...
    www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/smoking.html - Health Topics
  2. Quitting Smoking (National Library of Medicine)
    ... half of the people who don't quit smoking will die of smoking-related problems. Quitting smoking is important for your health and provides many ... before succeeding. There are many ways to quit smoking. Some people stop "cold turkey." Others benefit from ...
    www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/quittingsmoking.html - Health Topics
  3. Smoking and Youth (National Library of Medicine)
    ... U.S. smoke cigarettes. Another 8% use smokeless tobacco. Smoking has many health risks for everyone. However, the younger you are when you start smoking, the more problems it can cause. For example: ...
    www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/smokingandyouth.html - Health Topics
  4. Secondhand Smoke (National Library of Medicine)
    ... don't have to be a smoker for smoking to harm you. You can also have health ...
    www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/secondhandsmoke.html - Health Topics
  5. Pregnancy and Substance Abuse (National Library of Medicine)
    ... does your unborn baby. First, don't smoke. Smoking during pregnancy passes nicotine and cancer-causing drugs ...
    www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/pregnancyandsubstanceabuse.html - Health Topics
  6. Smoking - The Facts Interactive Tutorial (Patient Education Institute)
    ... and unhealthy for smokers and people around them. Smoking Cigarette smoke contains thousands of chemical agents; at ... Therefore, feeling stressed out can lead to more smoking. When a person decides to stop smoking, the ...
    www.nlm.nih.gov/.../tutorials/smokingthefacts/htm/index.htm - External Health Links
  7. Smoking and smokeless tobacco
    Second-hand smoke; Cigarette smoking; Cigar smoking; Pipe smoking; Smokeless snuff; Tobacco use; Chewing tobacco ... people in the United States have successfully quit smoking. Yet there are still around 50 million Americans ...
    www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/002032.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  8. Hookah Smoking: Is It Safer Than Smoking Cigarettes? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
    Quit smoking Basics In-Depth Multimedia Expert Answers Expert Blog Resources What's New With Mayo Clinic emeritus internist ... book chapters and one co-authored book. Quit smoking basics (5) Hookah smoking: Is it safer than ...
    www.mayoclinic.com/print/hookah/AN01265/METHOD=print - External Health Links
  9. Increasing Evidence Points to Link Between Youth Smoking and Exposure to Smoking in Movies From the National Institutes of Health (National Cancer Institute)
    ... Community Increasing Evidence Points to Link Between Youth Smoking and Exposure to Smoking in Movies Adolescents who see smoking depicted in movies are more likely to become ...
    www.cancer.gov/newscenter/pressreleases/TeenSmokingMovies - External Health Links
  10. Smoking - tips on how to quit
    Cigarettes - tips on how to quit; Smoking cessation ... There are a lot of ways to quit smoking and many resources to help you. Family members, ... people who have been able to successfully quit smoking made at least one unsuccessful attempt in the ...
    www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001992.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
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