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The Scoop On Smoking from ACSH: what every teen should know about tobacco

health effects As you know from the warning labels on cigarette packages, "cigarette smoking may be hazardous to your health." This has to rank as one of the most profound understatements in human history.		quitting Find out what modern science has learned about smoking cessation
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Who are we?

The American Council on Science and Health, ACSH, is a nonprofit, tax-exempt public health advocacy organization directed and advised by over 350 distinguished physicians and scientists representing a full spectrum of specialties in science and medicine.

What is the purpose of this website?

TheScoopOnSmoking was designed to present in a highly accesible, interactive manner, detailed facts about the health consequences of tobacco use.

Why do we feel that there is a need for this website?

Too often teens (and adults) are simply told that using tobacco -- particularly smoking cigarettes -- is "dangerous". Even the government-mandated warning label gives only a few words of caution -- all in very general terms. But the devil is in the details. ACSH's site -- which is based on a teen-version of ACSH's classic publication "Cigarettes: What the Warning Label Doesn't Tell You: The First Comprehensive Guide to the Health Consequences of Smoking" -- gives specific details of tobacco's deleterious impact on every site of the body and every organ system.

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