Alcohol, tobacco, and other drug addiction can cause multiple health problems for individuals. Among these are:
1. Infants with high birth weights
2. Easily cured illnesses and diseases
3. Accidents, homicides, and suicides
4. Lack of employment
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Alcohol, tobacco, and other drug (ATOD) abuse and addiction is associated with many problems, including neonates with low birth weights and congenital anomalies, accidents, homicides, and suicides, chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, lung disease, hepatitis, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), and mental ill-ness.
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