You might be past the days of being peer-pressured into smoking cigarettes, but today we are going to talk all about tobacco and how it affects your health.

References:

https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/health_effects/effects_cig_smoking/

https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/secondhand_smoke/health_effects/index.htm

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