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Victor Reznikov
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Miss Aitken Biology
The effects of smoking on the lungs
There are a lot of lung diseases caused by smoking cigarettes such as Emphysema, Lung
cancer, bronchitis and harmless of carbon monoxide
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Smoke damages the walls of
alveoli, which break down and fuse together again forming enlarged, air spaces
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1 “The NHS says around 900,000
people in the UK have been diagnosed with COPD, and about two million people have the
condition, but have not been diagnosed
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The lung cancer is also very dangerous disease
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Cancer characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in tissues
producing tumors
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Other
10% of people get cancer who had a combination of genetic factors and exposure to radon gas
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About 90% of cases of bronchitis are caused by viruses
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The one of the most dangerous chemicals in cigarettes is carbon monoxide
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This can affect the amount
of hemoglobin available for the transport of oxygen throughout the body, which may in turn lead
to symptoms of CO poisoning
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webmd
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com/cold-and-flu/cold-guide/understanding-bronchitissymptoms
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http://www
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com/health-blogs/freedom-smoking/carbon-monoxide-cigarette-smoke



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