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some of them, like nicotine, are what make cigarettes as addictive as they are

Neftali fell asleep on the short drive home, but that night, despite her fatigue, she was woken several times by the same dream: she was back in the tobacco fields, stumbling around in a daze, surrounded by suffocating plants

2 If the mother does continue to smoke after giving birth, however, it is still more beneficial to breastfeed than to completely avoid this practice altogether

When burned or inhaled, tobacco smoke produces tar, carbon monoxide, and carcinogens, substances that are damaging regardless of the tobaccos source

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Improved lung function: The immune system becomes more efficient and reduces the likelihood of infections