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Nicotine can cause heart burn and GERD. It damages the esophagus. It can stop acid from becoming buffered in the small intestine.
Nicotine has a drastic effect on your digestive system as it will often clog certain arteries and fill up certain bloodlines with clots of nicotine, and it will increase an appetite making the digestive track fill faster.
There are a number of things that nicotine can do to you digestive system. It can cause your system to cramp up.

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Smoking is responsible for changes in all parts of the body, including the digestive system. This fact can have serious consequences because it is the digestive system that converts foods into the nutrients the body needs to live. Smoking can eliminate some of these nutrients the body needs.

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HeartburnPeptic UlcerLiver DiseaseCrohn's DiseaseGallstones

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constant bloating of the stomach, acid reflux, and cancer.

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There is a positive correlation between smoking and peptic ulcers.

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bad breath ,cancer

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Kill them.

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