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What tobacco can do to you if you don't smoke it yourself?

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Incease disease: Exposure to smoke (second hand) or even to clothes with smoke etc (third hand) are associated with increase in disease. Example children have an incresed chance of ear infections with both methods above.

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Answered 9/13/2019

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