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 (CF) is caused by an inherited gene mutation (change). Testing for the CF gene is recommended for anyone who has a family member with the disease, or whose partner is a known carrier of CF or affected with CF.