Health Tip: Tobacco Ills

(HealthDay News) -- It''s no secret that tobacco use isn''t good for you.

But here''s a list of exactly which illnesses it can cause or contribute to, courtesy of the Montgomery County, Md., Department of Health and Human Services:

• Heart and vascular diseases.
• Cancers of the mouth, lung, esophagus, larynx and bladder.
• Chronic lung disease.
• Intrauterine growth retardation.
• Low birth weight babies.

-- Diana Kohnle

Last Updated: Feb. 09, 2007

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