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How can Smoking affect the Risk of Non-Communicable Disease? [Part 1]

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-Cigarettes has Nicotine, making it Addictive and also makes Carbon Monoxide, Tar and Particulates [Chemistry!!!] -Carbon Monoxide may Reduce Oxygen Capacity in the Blood = Cardiac Muscle may not receive Enough Oxygen leading to a Heart Attack. -Nicotine will Increase Heart Rate which Increases the Blood Pressure - That's CVD for you -Tar will Affect the Throat, Mouth, and Lungs because Tar has Toxic Chemicals that can cause Cancer [Carcinogens] which will make Mutations [Changes] to the DNA Messing up the Rate of Mitosis.


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