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Disease Links
Lung Cancer
Peripheral Vascular Disease: Smoking leads
to peripheral vascular disease by playing a role in narrowing the
arteries. After blood flow is disrupted, then there is a
higher potential for limb threatening syndromes such as
#1 gangrene of
the foot.
#2 Foot
#3 Foot
#4 Leg
Oral (mouth/throat/tongue) Cancer: Can be caused
from chewing tobacco or smoking. The direct contact with
carcinogens in the chewing tobacco is thought to be the cause,
while in smoking it is a combination of heat and
carcinogens.
#1
By age of
12, Sean Marsee started using spit tobacco. When he was 18, Sean
was diagnosed with tongue cancer. At age 19 Sean died of oral
cancer.
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