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  Effects of Smoking on Respiratory System

  By Lomati Venkata, Pavan Kumar Reddy, Languluri Reddenna

  Abstract: Smoking is whispered to exacerbate respiratory diseases by harming respiratory defense mechanisms. Specifically, smoking damages mucociliary function, which impairs clearance of inhaled substances even in smokers who have no respiratory symptoms promotes bacterial adherence to airway epithelial cells. The devastating health impact of cigarette smoking is well known, Cigarette and its components produce structural changes in the respiratory tract include peri-bronchiolar inflammation and fibrosis, augmented mucosal permeability, destruction of the …

  Published in Research and Reviews: A Journal of Toxicology · Vol. 3, Issue 3, 2013 · pp. 5–8 Read article →