However, in a smokers lungs, nicotine paralyzes and destroys these cilia, preventing the removal of harmful particles and allowing mucus buildup that leads to conditions like chronic bronchitis, pneumonia, and emphysema
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This shows that smokers die of lung cancer 10 times as often ( 10.73 , above) as do nonsmokers, which is a very high relative risk
However, the vast majority of those sales came from snuff and wine
Smoking If you quit smoking, the risk of developing most of these types of cancers decreases in about One of the ingredients in tobacco is the mood-altering drug nicotine