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Tobacco Effects - Respiratory System - Personal StoriesHealth Information
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Cigarette Anyone? Description: Firsthand accounts of what it is like to live with the diseases caused by cigarettes. (emphysema.net) |
Easy Rider Ain't So Easy: A Living With COPD Story Description: I am a 50 year old man, diagnosed with COPD -- severe emphysema, chronic bronchitis and a moderate asthmatic component. I started smoking when I was about 14 years old..." (papapoo.com) |
He Wanted You to Know Description: Article from the St. Petersburg Times, Florida. Bryan Curtis started smoking at 13, never thinking that 20 years later cigarettes would kill him and leave his wife and children alone. Half of all tobacco deaths are people aged 35 to 69; this is one person's story. (sptimes.com:80) |
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