0
What substance in tobacco smoke is most damaging to the lungs?
Wiki User
∙ 14y ago
Cigarette smoke contains tar, which can cause irritation to the nasal passage and the lungs, and could potentially harm them.
Wiki User
∙ 14y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What substance in tobacco smoke can damage the lungs?
Carcinogens.
What is the addictive substance in tobacco smoke?
Apex :) Nicotine is the addictive substance that is found on tobacco.
What are the smoothest herbs to smoke?
By smoothest do you mean the least damaging to your lungs ?
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.
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.
How many times should you hotbox smoking pot a week without damaging your lungs from the smoke?
ZERO The smoke will damage your lungs if you inhale it for even just a second.
What is the smoke from the end of a tobacco product?
side stream smoke-smoke coming from the burning tip of a cigarette Mainstream smoke-smoke that comes from the smokers lungs CHEMICALS
Does smoke from marijuana damage the lungs more than smoke from tobacco?
All evidence apparently says this is not the case.
Why is it hard to breath when you smoke?
You're smoking. You're damaging your lungs. Isn't it kinda obvious?
Is tobacco smoke worse than wood smoke?
Wood smoke is much worse than tobacco second hand smoke. Wood smoke contains more than twelve times as many carcinogenic compounds, and is chemically active up to forty times longer in the lungs than tobacco.
What is an abbreviation for a substance in the air that can cause diseases in nonsmokers?
enviromental tobacco smoke
What is a stickysolid substance in cigarette smoke that's bad for lungs?
tar.
