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risks to the individuals health and well-being. There are several factors that negatively influence the health and well-being of my individual. The first one I am going to talk about is that he smokes. Many diseases and medical problems are caused by smoking and also causes lung cancer, throat and larynx cancer, kidney and bladder cancer, coronary heart disease, stroke, and high blood pressure. So what makes smoking so risky? Our bodies suffer the effects of nicotine, carbon monoxide and tar. The dangers are not only confined to the risk of the smoker. If we breathe in the smoke from someone cigarette we are also at risk. This is known as passive smoking and can increase our risk of getting diseases associated with smoking. When we smoke, the chemicals that are in cigarettes are absorbed into the blood. In our red blood cells is a substance called haemoglobin which carries oxygen...

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