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Regular smokers are at heightened risk of developing cardiovascular disease, but crushing the butts in favor of a smokeless alternative like chewing tobacco, snuff or tobacco lozenges may go a long way toward bringing the danger down to a more normal level, a new UCLA-led study shows

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