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... smoke , that is , smoke inhaled by a nonsmoker from a smoker's cigarette . And , according to an ex- tensive review of the literature , over 5,000 infants die as a result of their mother's smoking habit ; this does not include an ...
... smoke , that is , smoke inhaled by a nonsmoker from a smoker's cigarette . And , according to an ex- tensive review of the literature , over 5,000 infants die as a result of their mother's smoking habit ; this does not include an ...
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... Smoking In 1964 , the U.S. government published what is probably the most influential document in the history of the tobacco industry - the Surgeon General's Report , titled Smoking and Health . Summarizing the research current at that ...
... Smoking In 1964 , the U.S. government published what is probably the most influential document in the history of the tobacco industry - the Surgeon General's Report , titled Smoking and Health . Summarizing the research current at that ...
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... smokers began their habit before the age of 18 ; some experts argue that , if people do not begin smoking as teenagers , they are unlikely to begin at all . Consider , too , the fact that the earlier the smoking habit begins , the ...
... smokers began their habit before the age of 18 ; some experts argue that , if people do not begin smoking as teenagers , they are unlikely to begin at all . Consider , too , the fact that the earlier the smoking habit begins , the ...
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