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 1 Smoking Kills — Basic Story

Smoking kills more Americans than AIDS, drug abuse, car accidents and crime.
Did you know that 390,000 Americans die each year from cigarette smoking? Smoking tobacco causes 1 out of
6 deaths. Smoking can also cause some very serious diseases. Some people become addicted to smoking.
Lung cancer has caused more deaths in women than breast cancer. If a pregnant woman smokes, she has a
greater chance of medical problems with her baby.
Cigarette smoking is the number one cause of cancer death in men. Male smokers over the age of 35 are more
likely to die from smoking-related diseases like lung cancer.
Many children start smoking before they reach high school. They run the risk of smoking most of their lives.
They could die of smoking-related diseases.

 2 addicted

when you can't stop doing something

 3 cigarette

a small paper tube filled with tobacco

 4 risk

to put in danger

 5 serious

something that is very important

 6 smoking

to use cigarettes or other tobacco

 7 tobacco

the brown leaf found in cigarettes

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