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Why does smoking cause cancer?

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Anonymous

16y ago
Updated: 8/16/2019

The two parts of cigarette smoke that cause problems in people are nicotine (an addictive drug) and "tar" -- incompletely burned particles of combustion that lodge in the lungs. It is these microscopic particles that can cause cancer. This has been confirmed by tests on mice, and through extensive statistical analyses.

Cigarette manufacturers claimed to be unimpressed by this work, largely carried out in mice. Humans, they claimed, never encounter conditions such as those imposed on research mice, and that there was therefore no clear case for cause-and-effect in humans.

In addition to tobacco, cigarettes contain ingredients to sustain burning and add flavor. According to manufacturers, some brands contain traces of 400 or more ingredients.

The chemicals in cigarettes give the body all sorts of mixed messages, which in turn cause the cells in your body to grow abnormally (cancerous cells) YES smoking can defently cause cancer. Every year thousands of people get diagonsoged with cancer

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16y ago

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