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Smoking and Smokeless Tobacco
Alternate Names : Cigar Smoking, Cigarette Smoking, Pipe Smoking, Second-Hand Smoke, Smokeless Snuff, Tobacco Use
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When to contact a medical professional
Call your doctor if you are a smoker and:
- You want an individual health risk profile
- You want to learn about methods to stop tobacco use
- You are pregnant, planning a pregnancy in the future, or using birth control pills
- You have symptoms of specific diseases associated with tobacco use (even if you are a nonsmoker exposed to secondhand smoke)
Other resources include local chapters of the American Lung Association and the American Cancer Association. Both organizations have a wide range of resource materials and comprehensive smoking cessation programs.
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• Description
• The effects of nicotine
• Health risks
• Time to quit
• The benefits of quitting
• When to contact a medical professional
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Review Date : 11/7/2003
Reviewed By : Jacqueline A. Hart, M.D., Department of Internal Medicine, Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Boston, Ma., and Senior Medical Editor, A.D.A.M., Inc. Previously reviewed by David Webner, M.D., Department of Family Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
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