0
Wiki User
∙ 14y agolung cancer, Heart disease, and the tar in smoking eats away at the lining of the lungs
Wiki User
∙ 13y agothe risk factor of smocking is if you smock your body on the inside will die out and you will die and you can get cancer
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What is a major risk factor for chronic bronchitis?
smoking
Why is smoking a risk factor in gastrectomy?
low blood circulation
Does smoking affect Peripheral vascular disease?
One major risk factor is smoking cigarettes
What risk factor confers the highest percentage of all cancer deaths?
Ultimately, heredity (genetics) is the greatest risk factor of them all. However, the greatest behavioral risk factor is smoking.
What is a risk factor for the respiratory system?
smoking that will affect the lungs
What is the most prominent and preventable risk factor contributing to lung cancer?
SMOKING!
Health risk factor include?
Smoking, Obesity and Alcohol are the big ones.
Is emphysema preventable?
In 99% cases it is, as a major risk factor is cigarette smoking.
Uncontrollable risk factor for heart disease is it smoking?
No, smoking can be stopped (and, therefore, controlled). However, family history (genetics) can't be controlled for.
What is a risk factor for cancer?
A risk factor is something that someone does, has or is that increases there chance of having a specific cancer. smoking, drinking, family history of a specific cancer, older age, obesity etc. are all risk factors of cancer
What is meant by the the term risk factor?
A risk factor is any trait, behavior, or condition that increases a person's chance of getting injured or getting a disease. For example, smoking is a risk factor because it increases a person's chance of getting lung cancer and Heart disease.
Is smoking an intrinsic risk factor?
yes because it inhibits the body and so the the cannot function at the full potential
