Smokers Beware!! by Dr. Robert Osgoodby

By now, most people are well aware that smoking causes lung

cancer. Cigarettes, pipes, cigars, and chewing tobacco kill more

than 434,000 Americans each year accounting for one out of five

premature deaths in this country. Lung cancer is just the first

in a long list of tobacco related illnesses:

Bladder Cancer - Smoking causes 40% of all cases of bladder

cancer.

Breast Cancer - Women who smoke are 75% more likely to develop

breast cancer.

Cervical Cancer - Up to one third of all cases of cervical cancer

are directly attributable to smoking.

Childhood Respiratory Ailments - Children exposed to parents

tobacco smoke have six times as many respiratory infections as

kids of nonsmoking parents.

Diabetes - Smoking decreases the body's absorption of insulin.

Emphysema - Smoking accounts for up to 85% of all deaths

attributable to emphysema.

Esophageal Cancer - Smoking accounts for 80% of all cases of

esophageal cancer.

Gastrointestinal Cancer - Smoking at least doubles the risk of

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BIO:

Dr. Osgoodby was a finalist in the "EAS Body for Life" Contest.
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