Lighting up burns out body's organs, surgeon general says
An annual report adds nine diseases or medical conditions to those already known to be associated with smoking
Friday, May 28, 2004
PATRICK O'NEILL
A new U.S. surgeon general's report shows that smoking can cause disease in nearly every organ of the body.
The report, "The Health Consequences of Smoking," adds nine diseases and medical conditions to the list of those already linked to smoking. Jeffrey Fellows, a senior research associate at Kaiser Permanente's Center for Health Research in Portland, is a co-author of the 960-page report.
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