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Smoking Causes Respiratory Diseases
Facts You Should Know
- Smoking causes injury to the airways and the lungs, leading to a
deadly lung condition.
- Smokers are more likely than nonsmokers to have upper and lower
breathing tract infections.
- Mothers who smoke during pregnancy hurt the lungs of their babies.
- If you smoke during childhood and teenage years, it slows your lung
growth and causes your lungs to decline at a younger age.
- Smoking is related to chronic coughing, wheezing, and asthma among
children and teens.
- Smoking is related to chronic coughing and wheezing among adults.
- After stopping smoking, former smokers eventually return to normal
age-related lung function.
Think About It Do you know anyone who has been diagnosed with COPD?
Do you know if they smoked cigarettes? Back to Smoking Causes Respiratory Diseases
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