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HLST 200: Cancer Exam Questions With 100% Verified Answers Cigarette smoking increases the risk of stroke by ______ times in men and women. two to three is the leading cause of cancer death for both men and women. lung cancer. Smokers of two or more packs a day have lung cancer mortali...

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HLST 200: Cancer Exam Questions With 100%
Verified Answers
Cigarette smoking increases the risk of stroke by ______ times in men and women.
two to three


is the leading cause of cancer death for both men and women.
lung cancer.


Smokers of two or more packs a day have lung cancer mortality rates
15 to 25 times greater than non -smokers


If there is precancerous tissue, and a smoker stops smoking
their lung tissue tents to repair itself


Chemicals in cigarette smoke and other environmental pollutants _______
switch on a particular gene in the lung cells of some individuals.


produces an enzyme that manufactures powerful carcinogens, which set the stage for cancer.
the gene


more likely to get cancer than other smokers
smokers who are depressed


can cause biological changes that lower immunity
stress and depression


COPD
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease


cigarette smokers are up to
18 times more likely than non-smokers to die of non-cancerous diseases of the lungs


COPD is characterized by
progressive limitation of the flow of air into and out of the lungs


limitation of airflow is the result of disease changes in the lung tissue affecting the bronchioles and
the walls of the alveoli. Air sacs are destroyed and the lungs become much less able to bring in oxygen
and remove CO2. As a result, the heart has to work harder to deliver oxygen to organs.
emphysema


emphysema
A serious disease that destroys lung tissue and causes breathing difficulties.

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