smoking / vapinbg Flashcards

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lung cancer

A

smoking directly damage lung cells’ DNA.

mutations can cause normal cells to become cancerous, leading to the formation of tumors.

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cardio vascualr disease

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smoking can cause high blood pressure

smoking thickens blood making heart work harder to push blood around body

risking ; stroke and hypertnesion

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if one group vapes more than the other, how does this create variation in health status

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the group vaping is inhaling harmful vapors

exposure to vapors cause inflammation in airways narrowing them causing COPD

increase morbidity and prevalance and incidence of COPD and mortality rates

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