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Image Credit: Preeda2531 / Shutterstock Effects on the Stomach Due to Smoking It is known that smoking increases the threat of cancers of the pancreas, stomach, mouth, liver, rectum, colon, and esophagus, and can cause conditions such as gastro esophageal reflux disease (GERD)