... of a tumor, forcing the smoker to breathe through a surgical opening in the windpipe. Because the larynx is located near the voice box, the voice box will often get destroyed from the tumor on the larynx, forcing the smoker to use an artificial voice box in order to speak. Less major cancers including cancers of the cheeks, gums, lips, tongue, esophagus, bladder, kidney, and ... from a hotter fire burns cleaner and produces less air pollution. Sidestream smoke doesn't have the benefit of being filtered through the cigarette like the mainstream smoke. Mainstream smoke that the active smo...

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... our nation we use the term "liberty" often. In our "political world" we use "liberty" more often than those who try to exercise our liberalism. I am at liberty (freedom) to voice decriminalization of marijuana, as well as my fellow pot smoking Americans. We would like full use of our liberalism without conditions. Therefore I step ahead of the rest and take the ... propose legalizations of marijuana. In support of my proposal I have listed reasons to why votes shall be in my favor. Reason number one, marijuana is one of the safest therapeutically active substances known. Marijuana's gre...

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... money for research and healthcare help. There are a variety of differences between the actions of the government now and then. First off, back in the eighties the CDC was very active in fighting diseases and the government was always cooperative. If they needed money for research very usually the government gave them money. When AIDS was first discovered the" budget" was ... government didn't come around until it was found that it was not only a gay disease but women and children were also contracting the disease. The government didn't even respect the voice of the influential gays in t...

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... have suggested and have shown that cigarette smoking increases risk of leukemia, as it does for other cancer prone areas. They say that risk may increase about thirty percent in active smokers and may cause up to 3,600 cases of adult leukemia a year. The report combines the results of 15 studies, including the Cancer Prevention Studies 1 and 2. This combined analysis strengthens ... cancers and esophageal cancer, compared to someone who has never smoked in their life. And smoking as few as one or two a day increases the risk of cancer to the voice box (larynx) by more than six times tha...

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... have suggested and have shown that cigarette smoking increases risk of leukemia, as it does for other cancer prone areas. They say that risk may increase about thirty percent in active smokers and may cause up to 3,600 cases of adult leukemia a year. The report combines the results of 15 studies, including the Cancer Prevention Studies 1 and 2. This combined analysis strengthens ... cancers and esophageal cancer, compared to someone who has never smoked in their life. And smoking as few as one or two a day increases the risk of cancer to the voice box (larynx) by more than six times tha...

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... deaths in the United States. Smoking alone causes almost 90% of lung cancers. 1. Several other cancers have been linked with cigarette smoking as well. They are: a. Cancers of the larynx (voice box) b. Cancers in the mouth, pharynx (throat), and esophagus c. Smoking also contributes to the development of cancers of the bladder, pancreas, liver, uterine cervix, kidney, stomach, colon and rectum. (Not ... learn the better. There are great programs out there that teach our children to stay away from drugs remember, cigarettes are a drug. If your child's school does not have an active D.A.R...

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