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Question:
What are the negative effects of Smoking?

Answer:
Smokers have an increased risk of the following:

 
• lung cancer  
• lung disease  
• Heart attack  
• Heart disease  
• hypertension  
• Stroke  
• Oral cancer  
• Bladder cancer  
• pancreatic cancer  
• Cervical cancer  
• Pregnancy complications  
• Low birth weight babies  
• Early Menopause  
• Lower estrogen level for women  
• Facial wrinkles

Children of smokers have an increased risk of the following:

 
• Sudden infant death syndrome  
• Respiratory infections  
• lung cancer  
• Ear infections

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