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nramada

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Most teenage smokers recognize the dangers of smoking but attribute those dangers to others and not to themselves, a belief called an optimistic bias.
 
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A middle-age woman who is 15 pounds over her desired weight (according to a measure of body mass index) but does not smoke has a lower risk of heart disease than a middle-aged woman who smokes two packs of cigarettes a day but is at her ideal weight.
 
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Perkypinki

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Reply #1 on: Jun 21, 2018
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nramada

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Reply 2 on: Jun 21, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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