Questions About Smoking, Tobacco, and Health

Get answers to common questions about cigarettes, cigars, smokeless tobacco, and other products. Learn about nicotine addiction, and how tobacco use can affect people's health, including their risk of cancer. Click on the topics below to get started.

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• Questions About Smoking, Tobacco, and Health
• What in cigarette smoke is harmful?
• What are the dangers of secondhand (environmental) tobacco smoke?
• What is being done to protect people from the hazards of smoking?
• Are spit tobacco and snuff safe alternatives to cigarette smoking?
• What are the health risks of smoking pipes or cigars?
• What about more exotic forms of smoking tobacco, such as clove cigarettes, bidis, and hookahs?
• What can I do to help with any damage that may have been caused by smoking?
• How does tobacco use affect the economy?
• Can quitting really help a lifelong smoker?
• How do people quit smoking?
• Where can I go for help?
• References