Health Tip: Tobacco Ills

Here's what tobacco use can do

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(HealthDay News) -- It's no secret that tobacco use isn't good for you.

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But here's a list of exactly which illnesses it can cause or contribute to, courtesy of the Montgomery County, Md., Department of Health and Human Services:

• Heart and vascular diseases.
• Cancers of the mouth, lung, esophagus, larynx and bladder.
• Chronic lung disease.
• Intrauterine growth retardation.
• Low birth weight babies.

-- Diana Kohnle