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Respiratory cilia	Secondhand smoke and lung cancer	Tobacco and cancer	Tobacco and chemicals
Tobacco and vascular disease	Tobacco health risks

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WHEN TO CONTACT A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL

Call your doctor if you are a smoker and:

• You want an individual health risk profile
• You want to learn about methods to stop tobacco use
• You are pregnant, planning a pregnancy in the future, or using birth control pills
• You have symptoms of specific diseases associated with tobacco use (even if you are a nonsmoker exposed to secondhand smoke)

Other resources include local chapters of the American Lung Association and the American Cancer Society. Both organizations have a wide range of resource materials and comprehensive smoking cessation programs.

Review Date: 07/21/2009
Reviewed By: A.D.A.M. Editorial Team: David Zieve, MD, MHA, Greg Juhn, MTPW, David R. Eltz. Previously reviewed by David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine (6/19/2008).

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