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A Smoke Free Father's Day

According to the American Heart Association, cigarette smoking accounts for more than 440,000 of the more than 2.4 million annual deaths. Several studies have produced evidence that cigarette smoking is a major cause of heart disease, which leads to heart attacks.

As a dad you lead your family by example. Studies have shown that children of parents who smoke are twice as likely to start smoking themselves. Nearly one in four men in the United States smoke cigarettes.

Here is some information put out by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention to bring awareness to the dangers of smoking this Father’s Day.

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