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'''Smoking''' is the practice of purposefully inhaling [[smoke]] from burning materials, typically a dried plant such as [[tobacco]]. The most common form today is [[cigarette]] smoking. While smoking has been a habit of many ancient and modern men, it fell out of favor due to association with [[lung cancer]].
'''Smoking''' is the practice of purposefully inhaling [[smoke]] from burning materials, typically a dried plant such as [[tobacco]]. The most common form today is [[cigarette]] smoking. While smoking has been a habit of many ancient and modern men, it fell out of favor due to association with various cancers - especially [[lung cancer]].
== Smoking and cancer ==
Smoking is a causal factor for various cancers such as [[lung cancer]] and cancers of the esophagus, larynx, mouth, throat, kidney, bladder, liver, pancreas, stomach, cervix, colon, and rectum, as well as acute myeloid [[leukemia]].<ref>[https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/risk/tobacco/cessation-fact-sheet Smoking cessation fact sheet], National Cancer Institute</ref><ref>[https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/campaign/tips/diseases/cancer.html CDCTips From Former Smokers ®Diseases/Conditions Featured in the Campaign
Smoking and Cancer], Centers For Disease Control and Prevention</ref><ref>[http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/causes-of-cancer/smoking-and-cancer/how-smoking-causes-cancer How smoking causes cancer], Cancer Research, UK</ref>
== Religion, irreligion and smoking ==
== Religion, irreligion and smoking ==