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Monday, October 23, 2006 12:00 AM

Thank Mom for smoking?

Australian researchers find that mothers who smoke pass health risks to daughters.
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  • Tuesday, October 24, 2006 06:01 AM

    Correlation is not causation

    There might be underlying lifestyle factors that cause people to be both smokers and overweight. That said, smoking is bad, and everyone should quit.

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