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These elevated levels of sex hormones heighten the postmenopausal woman’s odds of developing breast cancer, diabetes, and other hormone-related diseases, researchers warn.

An NHS study has found that children in Welsh town of Merthyr Tydfil are getting hooked on smoking at the age of nine.

There have also been cases where the kids started their tobacco habit at an age even lesser than that, the study has revealed, with many still in primary school, according to the Daily Mail, citing the report findings.

Younger children are becoming addicted to tobacco

However, according to a new policy statement released by the American Heart Association, people who either chew or sniff smokeless tobacco products are at an increased risk of heart attack, strokes, and certain cancers.

"No tobacco product is safe to consume," lead writer of the policy statement, Mariann Piano, a professor in the department of behavioral health science at the University of Illinois at Chicago said.

The review is published online in 'Circulation,' Journal of the American Heart Association.

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