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New US Surgeon General report links smoking and periodontal disease 

A new US Surgeon General's report on smoking and health expands the list of illness and disease linked to cigarette smoking to include periodontal disease...

It is also the first in the series to report specifically on dental effects of cigarette smoking, although oral cancer and related premalignant lesions have been addressed in previous reports and the topic is addressed in Oral Health in America: A Report of the Surgeon General issued in the year 2000 and available at the surgeon general's Web site.

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