How smoking causes cancer

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- When a person quits smoking, the body will start to naturally heal - and regain the vitality of a non smoker over time - each year of not smoking decrease risks and improves overall health

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- chemicals in cigarette smoke enter our bloodstream and can affect our entire body - smoking causes at least 14 types of cancer, heart disease, and various lung disease. Smokers have a much higher risk of lung cancer than non smokers. Whatever type of cigarette they smoke. There is no such thing as a safe way to use tobacco

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- smoking is the leading cause of preventable death -More than 480,000 U.S deaths are attributable each year to cigarette smoking - More than 41,000 deaths result from secondhand smoke exposure - More than 16 million Americans are living with a disease caused by smoking

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- tobacco smoking damages DNA in organs directly exposed to smoke - smoking leads to higher rates of mutations in all tissues - smoking cigarettes introduces carcinogens into the lungs that impacts all the cells in the body

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- Every single puff of cigarette dmamages your DNA - when DNA gets messed up cells can begin growing out of control and create tumors - your body tries to repair the damage that smoking does to your DNA but over time smoking can wear down the repair system

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- In conclusion Tobacco smoke contains many harmful chemicals that can cause cancer and damage DNA. - smoking harms nearly every bodily organ and organ system - it is possible to quit which decreases health risks

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- Smoking destroys the tiny air sacs in the lungs that allow oxygen exchange - smoking causes inflammation in the small airways and tissues of your lung. Continued inflammation builds up scar tissue, which leads to physical changes to your lungs and airways that can make breathing hard

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Cigarette smoke contains over 4,000 chemicals, including 43 known cancer causing compounds. These chemicals include nicotine, which is highly addictive, tar, arsenic, ammonia and carbon monoxide.

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Cigarette smoking harms nearly every organ of the body and causes many diseases and reduces the health of smokers in general

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Smoking interferes with the normal division of cells and causes a mutation in the genes - cigarette smoking changes the process of mitosis and alters the cycle of cell regeneration and division