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| a substance that causes cancer |
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- tar settles on the lining of the airways and alveoli
- this increases the diffusion distance for oxygen and carbon dioxide
- the chemicals in tar can cause an alergic reaction
- tar can paralize and destroy the cillia in your airways
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- inflamation of the airways
- overproduction of mucus which collects in the lungs
- bronchitis patients have a much greater risk of getting a lung infection
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- the loss of elasticity in the alveili - this causes the alveoli to burst
- harder to exhale
- reduced surface area of the lungs
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| Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) |
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- COPD is a combination of diseases that include bronchitis, enphysema and asthma
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- continual coughing and shortness of breath
- pain in the chest and blood coughed up in the sputum
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- binds with the haemoglobin in the blood which means that oxygen cannot be transported around the body
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