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Cigarette smoke by Challiyil Eswaramangalath Vipin
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  • Post category:Physical health / Smoking
  • Post published:March 29, 2016

Breathing in second-hand smoke increases a child’s or an adult’s risk of lung cancer by 24% and heart disease by 25%.

Source: Secondhand smoke @ NHS Smokefree

Image by Challiyil Eswaramangalath Vipin from Chalakudy, India (cigarette.. like a cigarette in the rain) [CC-BY-SA-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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