Random Cigarette Facts

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    One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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    Some birds in cities have learned to line their nests with cigarette butts in order to ward off parasites, as burnt nicotine works as an insecticide to ward off mites, lice, and fleas.
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    Smoking while pregnant increases the chances of spontaneous abortions (miscarriages) stillbirths and premature labor.
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    President Lyndon Johnson smoked at least 3 packs of cigarettes a day.
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    20 minutes after smoking a cigarette, blood pressure drops to normal.
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    In New York, it is against the law for children to pick up or collect cigarette and cigar butts.
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    The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.
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    Smokers get ten times more wrinkles than non-smokers.
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