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Myth - Smoking won’t do anything to me until I’m older

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Busted:

Ok, so yeah cancers and heart disease take a while to show up, but the earlier a person starts smoking, the sooner cigarettes start to rot their body.  Some things that happen to even the youngest of smokers almost straight away include bad breath, yellow teeth, yellow fingers, smelly hair and clothes, shortness of breath, wheezing, reduced fitness and more coughs and colds.

Find out more about the health effects of smoking.

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