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Health Tip: Tobacco Ills
Source: Yahoo Author: HealthDay Published date: 2007-02-22  

(HealthDay News) -- It's no secret that tobacco use isn't good for you.

But here's a list of exactly which illnesses it can cause or contribute to, courtesy of the Montgomery County, Md., Department of Health and Human Services:

  • Heart and vascular diseases.
  • Cancers of the mouth, lung, esophagus, larynx and bladder.
  • Chronic lung disease.
  • Intrauterine growth retardation.
  • Low birth weight babies.

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