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The effects of cigarette smoking can be horrifying. How would you like to have no control over your body? While you are in the hospital bed and no one can help you, you can blame it on smoking. 3,000,000 people die of smoking every year and it is growing. You can stop that "DON'T SMOKE". Smoking is dangerous, not only to those who smoke; but to non-smokers and unborn children as well. Cigarette smoking is also physically and socially harming. While you are reading this paper you will be introduced to the diseases you can get, the chemicals in cigarettes, and the percentage of people who die of smoking (second hand, inhaling, etc.)
The large particles in cigarette smoke, commonly known as "tar", collect in the branching points of the lungs. The tar contains carcinogenic compounds that increase the risk of lung cancer. The small particles in cigarette smoke, including carcinogens, irritants, and corrosive chemicals, collect in the small air sacs in the lungs and damage them. These......

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