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Jump to full article: All-Africa.com, 2004-06-25
Author: Saidu Kamara / Standard Times (Freetown)
Intro: The only psychiatrist in the country, Dr. Edward Nahim who is the head of the Kissy Mental Home has disclosed that both men and women smokers face similar risks of developing one or more of some twenty-four smoking related diseases.
He said most of those diseases are incurable and fatal including various forms of cancer as well as lung and circulatory diseases.
Dr. Nahim added that there are also health problems related to tobacco use, which are of special concern to women who smoke and take contraceptives.
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