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It causes tar to build up on the lungs and it can cause serious injuries and maybe even death.

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What can smoking damage?

It damage your lungs and you may eventually get lung cancer due to the build up of tar in your lungs.


Other than the lungs what other body organs get effected by cigarette smoking?

The Heart, arteries, possibly the brain are affected. It can cause build up in arteries and cause heart attacks and strokes.


What organ gets affected by smoking?

The lungs and Heart get affected by smoking. Smoking also messes up the respiratory system . smoking damage's the luges so bad that some people end-up having lung cancer.


How does smoke affect to the Respiratory System?

smoking causes tar to build up on the lungs, and the Cilia can't function properly.


The effects of smoking on lungs?

Smoking is never good for the lungs, and that is true no matter what it is that you are smoking. The smoke coats the lung surface and makes it dirty; it is difficult for lungs to clean themselves. Coughing, difficulty breathing, lung cancer, and emphysema are all likely to result from prolonged smoking.


How can smoking cause a stroke?

yes. at least that's what i was told. You can have a stroke due to smoking. If you smoke it affects your lungs. And then you have stroke. DON'T SMOKE!!!!!!!


Can the large intestine or small intestine cause fluid build up in lungs?

No, neither in lungs nor in any other organs.


How long to clear mucus out of lungs after quit smoking?

Smoking suppresses the action of the mechanisms that normally rid the lungs of mucous, and a lot of garbage builds up in there. Getting rid of it after quitting is normal and no cause for alarm. It's just your lungs doing the job of cleaning they were not allowed to do previously due to the effects of smoking.


Does smoking cause phlegm?

Well I'm not a doctor, but I do know that after you quit smoking you occasionally cough up phlegm for anywhere up to a year after you quit. This is an effect from the lungs healing themselves.


How is smoking harmful to your lungs?

Your lungs are the reasons you body has Oxygen. In your lungs, we do produce mucus, which we cough up because of the cilia in our lungs. Smoking causes this cilia to not move the mucus out of your lungs which in turn causes problems.


Effects of cigarettes?

smoking can cause fat to build up in arteries and block them.nicotine makes arteries narrower.


Why do i cough when i go a period of time without a cigarette?

Because there is build-up in your lungs and your windpipe which interferes with the airflow causing you to cough. And smoking more cigarettes is not the answer.