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Health Risks Tobacco use today can impact your physical and mental health. Tobacco use can cost you in the future. The deadly effects of tobacco use can damage major organs in your body. Smoking and forms of smokeless tobacco are known causes of multiple cancers including lung cancer as well as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Lung cancer is the second most common cancer diagnosed in Georgia among men and women combined. Smoking is also a known cause of pregnancy complications as well as heart disease and stroke, some of the leading causes of death and disability among Georgians. The good news is that within 5 years of quitting, your risk of developing cancer of the mouth, throat and bladder is reduced by half. |
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