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Can cigarette ash on breasts cause breast cancer? or ash particles from second- or third-hand cigarette smoke on breasts? or cigarette smoke itself?
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No/no/no: Breast cancer has no direct link to contact with cigarette ash or exposure to cigarette smoke.
Answered 1/19/2021
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