will 1 cigarette harm me?
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One Cigarette Can't Hurt? Think Again. Light smokers beware: a new report from the U.S. Surgeon General shows that even brief exposure to tobacco smoke including secondhand smoke immediately damages the body and can lead to serious illness or death.
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Unfiltered cigarettes are most deadly. (HealthDay)—There's no such thing as a safe cigarette, but unfiltered cigarettes are even more likely to kill you, a new study finds. People who smoke unfiltered cigarettes have double the risk of lung cancer death that other smokers do.
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Researchers say that people who smoke five cigarettes a day are doing almost as much damage to their lungs as people who smoke 30 cigarettes a day. They say it takes “light” smokers about 1 year to develop as much lung damage as “heavy” smoking does in 9 months.
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Smoking One Joint is Equivalent to 20 Cigarettes, Study Says.
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One joint 'as bad as five cigarettes'. One cannabis joint 'harms the lungs as much as five cigarettes'.
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A cigarette with organic tobacco or tobacco with no additives does not make it healthier or safer than other cigarettes. All cigarettes — including those marketed as "natural," "organic" or "additive-free" — have harmful substances such as heavy metals, tar and carbon monoxide.
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One Juul pod contains as much nicotine as a pack of cigarettes. Side effects include increased heart rate and blood pressure, lung disease, chronic bronchitis and insulin resistance leading to type 2 diabetes. Some e-cigarettes that claim to be nicotine-free do contain the harmful substance.
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Just one hit off a cigarette is enough to get most people hooked on smoking, a new large study claims. According to researchers at Queen Mary's Wolfson Institute of Preventative Medicine, at least three out of five people who try a cigarette for the first time become daily smokers.
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No. Black and Milds are not worse than a cigarette, in fact they are by far healthier than a cigarette.
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Even One Cigarette During Pregnancy Puts Baby at Risk, Study Finds. Experts have long known that smoking during pregnancy puts both mom and baby at risk for complications, but new research sheds more light on just how dangerous it can be.
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On the low end, a single cigarette may contain about 6 milligrams (mg) of nicotine. On the high end, about 28 mg. The average cigarette contains about 10 to 12 mg of nicotine. You don't inhale every milligram of nicotine as it burns.
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In a typical shisha session (about 1 hour), a shisha smoker can inhale the same amount of toxins as a cigarette smoker consuming over 100 cigarettes. Like cigarette smoking, these toxins put shisha smokers at risk of developing heart and circulatory diseases, cancers, nicotine addiction, and other health effects.
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In small doses, like those contained in the gum, nicotine is generally considered safe. But it does have stimulant properties that can raise blood pressure, increase heart rate and constrict blood vessels.
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There is no safe smoking option — tobacco is always harmful. Light, low-tar and filtered cigarettes aren't any safer — people usually smoke them more deeply or smoke more of them.
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Secondhand smoke -- the smoke you exhale, combined with that from the lighted end of your cigarette -- is toxic for people around you. Studies show that just being around smoke on a regular basis makes people more likely to get cancer and heart disease. Light smoking can shorten your life.
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"Nicotine poisoning occurs when nicotine begins to exhibit more dire toxic effects on an individual." The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warns that 50 to 60 milligrams of nicotine is a deadly dose for an adult who weighs about 150 pounds.
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Cigar and Pipe Smoking Just as Risky as Cigarettes Yet research shows that cigar and pipe smoking is every bit as dangerous as cigarette smoking, and possibly even more dangerous. A single large cigar can contain more than a 1/2 ounce of tobacco -- as much tobacco as an entire pack of cigarettes.