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Studies conducted at the Columbia University have concluded cigarettes are gateway drug and can make the brain more susceptible to other drugs

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The economic costs of tobacco use are substantial and include significant health care costs for treating the diseases caused by tobacco use, as well as the lost human capital that results from tobacco-attributable morbidity and mortality (3)