THE HARMFUL EFFECT OF SMOKING ON THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

Đinh Ngọc Sỹ1,
1 Vietnam Medical Association

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Abstract

 Even though being protected by genetically immune system and itself, lung is damaged by toxics in smoke and others from enviroments. Smoking can cause serious harm to all the body and produce many dangerous diseases. In lung, 2 diseases – lung cancer and chronic obstructive lung disease are closely concerning to smoke and being in the leading causes of death on the words.

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