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Bookmark or Share- Smoking and Chronic Lung Disease: What To KnowEven light smoking runs an increased risk of developing potentially deadly chronic lung diseases like emphysema and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
- Smoking and Respiratory Diseases - Johns Hopkins MedicineSmoking causes cancer, heart disease, stroke, lung diseases, diabetes, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). COPD includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis. On average, smokers die 10 years earlier than nonsmokers. Risks of lung diseases from smoking include: Chronic bronchitis. This is a type of COPD.
- How Smoking Affects Your Lungs | UPMC HealthBeatSmoking causes significant changes in your lungs and airways. Some changes are sudden, lasting just a short time, such as colds and pneumonia. Other more chronic changes happen slowly and can last a lifetime — like emphysema.
- Keep Your Air Clear: How Tobacco Can Harm Your LungsCigarettes can harm the tissue of the lungs, impeding their ability to function properly, and can increase the risk for conditions such as emphysema, lung cancer, and chronic obstructive...
- What happens to your lungs from smoking? - MD Anderson Cancer CenterRoughly 85% of all lung cancer diagnoses are caused by smoking. But what does smoking actually do to your lungs? Does the lung damage start from your very first puff or vape, or only after years of a pack-a-day habit? How long does it take your body to recover once you stop smoking? And is the lung damage caused by smoking temporary or permanent?
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