If you smoke, you’re anywhere from twenty to thirty times more likely to die of lung cancer than a nonsmoker.
And you are much more likely to die of heart disease or another lung disorder than a nonsmoker, too.
Nicotine patch, anyone? Or just quit cold turkey, that works too.
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