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EDITORIAL: Better health, take charge: Dangers of tobacco use in any form can't be overstated  

Jump to full article: Memphis (TN) Commercial Appeal, 2009-11-17

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Secondhand smoke hurts those we love. Pregnant women who smoke risk miscarriage. Children exposed to smoke have more asthma and other health problems. Older people exposed to smoke have more heart attacks.

Smoking is still a big problem in Tennessee and in the Mid-South. Nearly one-fourth of all white women and nearly one-fifth of all of African-American women in Tennessee still smoke cigarettes. In 2007, about one-fourth of all men in Tennessee were smokers.

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