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Could Smoking During Teenage Damage The Body?
will taking one or two puffs of a cigarette when your 16 years old just once stunt the growth of your height lungs and heart.I am fit and healthy and do a lot of cycling and when should a sore throat from trying smoking last and will it have done any damage to my body
Mon, 12 Jan 2015
Yes, but it's really really bad on the addiction part. People who start earlier have a much much harder time getting off of cigarettes.
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