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Why Smoking Dangers ?

Smoking harms nearly every organ in the body, particularly the lungs and heart. Cigar smoking has been attributed to causing cancer of the lungs, larynx, esophagus, and oral cancers. Cigar smoke also increases a person's risk for coronary artery disease, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or breathing problems. Cigars pose a particular hazard to the user's voice box, mouth, and esophagus.

 Cigar smoke contains a host of known toxins, including:

•   Carbon monoxide

•   Nicotine

•   Hydrogen cyanide

•   Ammonia

•   Volatile aldehydes

Cigar smoke also contains these cancer-causing agents, also called carcinogens:

•   Benzene

•   Aromatic amines (especially carcinogens such as 2-naphthylamine and 4-aminobiphenyl)

•   Vinyl chloride

•   Ethylene oxide

•   Arsenic

•   Chromium

•   Cadmium

•   Nitrosamines

•   Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons

Cigar smoking increases your risk for different cancers, including:

•   Lung cancer

•   Oral cancers affecting the lip, tongue, mouth, and throat

•   Esophageal cancer (the esophagus is a tube connecting your mouth to your stomach)

•   Voice box (larynx)

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