PARENTS- Health Consequences

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HEALTH CONSEQUENCES

More than 400,000 deaths occur each year from smoking-related illnesses. This statistic is greater than the number of Americans who die each year from AIDS, car accidents, drug abuse, and murder combined. Examples of smoking-related illnesses are:

Cancer (lung, throat, kidney, esophageal)

Heart disease

Chronic bronchitis (an inflammation of the breathing tubes in the lungs)

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