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Smoking

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Smoking is a practice in which a substance is burned and the resulting smoke breathed in to be tasted and absorbed into the bloodstream.

  • One of the leading causes of preventable death globally

Risks

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Risks form smoking-smoking can damage every part of the body | Tobacco Use-CDC Vital Signs-September 2010.pdf, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=20852937

Advantages

  • Ulcerative colitis (IBD)
    • But worsens Crohn’s disease
  • Parkinson’s disease

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