Here are just a few of the harmful health effects of smoking pipes and cigars: Cancer. Even if you don't inhale, you can get a number of different cancers from smoking pipes and cigars. People who smoke cigars regularly are four to 10 times more likely than nonsmokers to die from cancers of the mouth, larynx, and esophagus.
Cystic fibrosis is a recessive disorder. In a recessive disorder, both parents must carry a copy of the abnormal gene for the problem to occur in their child. A person who has one copy of an abnormal gene for a recessive disorder is a carrier for that disorder, even though he or she may show no signs of it.
Cystic fibrosis is an inherited disease. For someone to get cystic fibrosis, both parents must be carriers of the gene that causes it and then pass it on. That means 25% of the children of such parents will have cystic fibrosis. Boys and girls are equally likely to get the disease. About 10 million Americans carry the gene and do not know it.