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===About Smoking===
: [[Smoking]] is a [[Risk Factor|risk factor]] in [[Lung Cancer]] and [[Coronary Heart Disease]].
: [[Smoking]] is addictive because the tobacco that is burned has a [[drug]] called nicotine inside which causes addiction.
: The smoke from tobacco also has other dangerous [[chemical]]s inside that damage your health:
*Tar - Which gets stuck in the [[mucus]] of the [[lungs]] damaging the cilia on the [[Ciliated Epithelial Cell|ciliated epithelial cells]].
*[[Carbon Monoxide]] - Which takes the place of [[Oxygen]] in [[Red Blood Cell|red blood cell]]s stopping your [[blood]] from carrying as much [[Oxygen]] around the body.
===Extra Information===
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