Cigarette

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A cigarette is a thin cylinder of tobacco rolled in thin paper for smoking. Igniting one end causes it to smolder, and the smoker inhales the resulting smoke through the other end. Cigarette smoking is the most common method of tobacco consumption. The term cigarette usually refers to a tobacco cigarette, but the word is sometimes used to refer to other substances, such as a cannabis cigarette or an herbal cigarette. A cigarette differs from a cigar in its smaller size, use of processed leaf, different smoking method, and paper wrapping, which is typically white. Cigarette smoking has many negative health effects. These include diseases such as cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), heart disease, birth defects, and other health problems relating to nearly every organ of the body. Most modern cigarettes are filtered, but that does not mean the smoke inhaled from them contains fewer carcinogens or harmful chemicals. Nicotine, the psychoactive drug in tobacco, makes cigarettes...

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