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How many cigarette a day is not much injurious to health....

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Dr. Alvin Lin answered

1 is too many: There is no safe number of cigarettes that one can safely smoke w/o injury. In other words, don't do it. At all. And avoid 2nd hand smoke, too.

Dr Schermerhorn agreed

Answered 3/10/2013

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