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Topic: Smoking and Heart Disease

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  Smoking    Disease  
  Heart Disease    Infectious Diseases  
  Diseases and Conditions    Chronic Disease  
  Centers for Disease Control    Medical Info Disease  
  Alzheimer's disease    Coronary Heart Disease  
  Cardiovascular Disease    Parkinson's disease  

 
 
 Vital Stats
The Brain has inferred the following facts from reading text collected on the topic:
Most admires:Al Gore
Personality:Easily addicted,  Nervous
Currently has on their coffee table:Men's Health magazine
Dream job(s):Nurse
Favorite body part(s):Lungs,  Heart,  Teeth
Favorite activity(s):Taking drugs
Medical note(s):Heart attack imminent,  Has cancer,  Undergoing therapy
Ultimate fantasy(s):Having severe anorexia
Favorite drink(s):Milk
Worst habit(s):Smoking,  Smoking Marijuana,  Taking Drugs
Favorite quote(s):"Attention to health is life's greatest hindrance." - Plato (427-347 B.C.)
"Fill what's empty , empty what's full, and scratch where it itches." - the Duchess of Windsor, when asked what is the secret of a long and happy life
 
 
 Expert Talk
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John Fielding,
CEO

Smoking-related diseases claim an estimated 430,700 American lives each year.
Albert Graham,
Backyard Pool Drainer

Smoking is causally associated with lung cancer, emphysema, and cardiovascular disease, and contributes to both a decrease in life expectancy and an increase in morbidity.
Passive smoking by self report and serum cotinine and the prevalence of respiratory and coronary heart disease in the Scottish Heart Health Study.
Smoking is a major risk factor linked to a range of diseases including coronary heart disease and stroke, cancers and respiratory diseases.
Adam Findley,
Professional Motivator

Smoking is the greatest risk factor for bladder cancer , with smokers experiencing twice the risk of nonsmokers for developing the disease.
Smoking has been indicted for a laundry list of ills from heart disease to lung disorders, all of which can foil your longevity plans.
Tony Howell,
Skateboarder

Smoking the drug has all the problems associated with smoking tobacco, such as bronchitis, lung cancer and heart disease.
The Most Common Diseases Caused By Smoking Lung Cancer is caused by the tar in tobacco smoke.
Smoking also increases the chances of getting other complicating lung diseases, such as emphysema, chronic bronchitis, or lung cancer.
Arthur Dawkins,
Astro-physicist

Smoking also causes diseases of organ systems other than the lung and interferes with effective performance and clearance of particles by the lungs.
Tobacco smoking is a known or probable cause of approximately 25 diseases, and even the WHO says that its impact on world health is not fully assessed.
Thomas Owens,
Police Officer

Introduction Cigarette smoking has been convincingly implicated as a cause of morbidity and mortality from both nonneoplastic and neoplastic diseases.
 
 
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