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5 facts about smoking: smoking cigarettes does more than put you at risk for getting cancer.

Publication: Scholastic Choices
Publication Date: 01-OCT-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: 5 facts about smoking: smoking cigarettes does more than put you at risk for getting cancer.(substance abuse)

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All of you probably know that smoking cigarettes causes cancer. Some of you might even be aware that smoking is a leading cause of heart disease and emphysema, two other deadly diseases. But many young smokers shrug at these facts because cancer, emphysema, and heart disease can take years to develop in a person. Did you know, however, that there are problems smoking can cause long before a person gets sick with cancer? These are problems that attack all smokers, even beginners. And if you care about your appearance and quality of life, you'll want to read on.

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* Dries out skin: Smoking accelerates the skin's aging process and causes wrinkles. That happens over time. But a more immediate concern is that smoking makes skin dry and sallow, which means it turns a grayish, greenish, yellow...

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