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By now everyone knows that smoking damages the lungs, causing bronchitis, emphysema, and lung cancer. Along with that goes heart damage, with smokers at a greater risk of heart failure than non-smokers or ex-smokers.

This morning, my daughter left home to go to college.

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A new study finds that people with a particular version of a gene involved in the brain s reward system are more likely to succeed in quitting smoking.

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