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The risk of smoking for lung cancer and other cancers, as well as SIDS, heart disease, and vision loss.
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Experience Cancer Researcher for over 20 years
Author of the book "Empty Cribs-The impact of smoking on child health" www.artsciencepub.com.
Author of over 200 scientific articles on cancer, genetics and human disease.
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American Association of Human Genetics
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Scientific American, Discovery Medicine, Nature Reviews in Cancer
Education/Credentials PhD. in Biochemistry from Boston University School of Medicine
Awards and Honors Young Investigator award-American Association of Cancer Research
Question Yes, I know you probably never heard of it. Smoking tea.
Today I tried it because I was bored. I have also tried a cigarette about 2 weeks ago.
How does the cigarette get you lung cancer? Is it because the smoke going into your lunges?
When I tried my tea joint thing, I put a lot of cotton so smoke barely goes into my mouth, until a cigarette.
Would you say its healthier? Because the smoke doesn't go into my lungs? Also because there is no nicotine and toxins?
Thanks!
Answer Alex,
I have heard of smoking a great many things. Please don't try smoking any other cigarettes. Young people can show signs of addiction from smoking even a few. It is the toxins in the tobacco smoke that cause cancer.
Putting any smoke in your lungs is not a great idea. Tea is safer than tobacco. But is would be best to find some other solution to your boredom than this, haha. What are you interested in. Music, computers, sports?
