Nine out of ten (89.7 percent) early deaths in smokers can be traced to the toxic, carcinogenic, cloud of smoke inhaled into the lungs
The program also encouraged young baseball players to talk to their coaches and parents about tobacco addiction and the health risks of using tobacco products, including spit and smokeless tobacco
Data from both surveys indicated that exclusive smokers had significant excess risks for mortality from all causes, including diseases of the heart, cerebrovascular disease, malignant neoplasms, chronic lower respiratory diseases, influenza and pneumonia, and diseases of the digestive system (Additional file 4)
Another limitation is that geneticists have historically sampled relatively few Africans
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