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Lung cancer, emphysema - and what about your unborn baby? 

In 2000, lung cancer associated from smoking cigarettes surpassed breast cancer as the top killer of all women in America as 27,000 more females died from lung cancer or other respiratory disorders that accompany smoking than any other cancer. On average, their deaths were 14 years under expected female life spans. . . .

Dr. Lawrence Slocki, a local gynecologist-obstetrician, said the damage done to people, particularly young women, is extensive.

"The amount of harmful effects from smoking is extremely massive," he said. "If young mothers could see what is happening to their babies when they smoke, most would probably quit."

Slocki also said mothers who smoke while pregnant see him for health problems an average 16 times more than women who don't smoke during their term, and spend thousands more dollars.

Cindy Fertitta of the Southeast Texas March of Dimes said a majority of women experienced health problems when they smoked at an early age.

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