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If i smoked less than 100 cigarettes and did hookah about ten times in my entire life, did i do permanent damage to myself?

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Unlikely: It is good that you quit before real damage could accumulate. The short term exposure you have had hopefully was unpleasant but your body can compensate for that. It is chronic smokers who get in trouble.

Dr Jacobson agreed

Answered 10/7/2013

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