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Kick The Habit!

By Amber J. Tresca, About.com

Updated: November 4, 2006

About.com Health's Disease and Condition content is reviewed by Kate Grossman, MD

Did you think that smoking only contributed to lung cancer? Wrong - smoking cigarettes affects the entire body including the digestive system. A 14 year study on smoking and colon cancer indicates that smokers are 30% to 40% more likely than nonsmokers to die of colorectal cancer. One more good reason to quit - or encourage someone else to do so.

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