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What the substances in tobacco are linked to?

Nicotine in tobacco is linked to (when tobacco is kept in mouth) oral cancer and to (when smoke is inhaled) pulmonary cancer.


What substances in cigarette smoke causes lung cancer?

Nicotine


Blue mold tobacco safe to smoke?

No tobacco is safe to smoke. Tobacco causes a variety of diseases, including cancer of the lips, mouth, tongue, esophagus and lungs.


What are the primary causes of lung cancer?

Tobacco products, smoke inhalation, air pollution, asbestos and radon.


What are associated risks of tobacco smoke?

Lung cancer


What does tobacco smoke cause to people?

lung cancer............... simple


What tobacco cause?

first work on sentence structure but tobacco causes bladder cancer, leukemia, lung cancer, birth defects, emphysema, mouth cancer, hairy tongue, cancer of the larynx, pharynx, and kidneys. just to name a few. also second hand smoke can cause SIDS in infants.


How does tobacco effect your colon?

It cause colon cancer by these two causes of tobacco, 1. The inhaled or swallowed tobacco smoke carcinogens to the colon 2. The tobacco increseases the polyp size. The bigger the polyp the greater the chance of it becoming canerous. :) Hope this helps


What are the three most harmful substances in tobacco smoke?

Probs tar and stuff


What are the three harmful substances in tobacco smoke?

tar , nicotine , carbon monoxide


How does cigarette smoke cause cancer?

Cigarette smoking induces cancer, by damaging the cell's ability to absorb oxygen! The cells are actually poisoned by the thousands of toxic chemicals in tobacco products. The cilia of the respiratory tract are damaged and destroyed. In such a case they do not help the tract remove tobacco smoke and other toxins.


Does smokeless tobacco present a reduced risk for lung cancer?

Inhalation of chemicals and particles in smoke, including tobacco smoke, strongly increases the risk of lung cancer. But other chemicals in tobacco, mainly nicotine, may affect the circulatory system.