That first cigarette can do more damage than you think
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Smoking damages the body in minutes, not years
According to a report that was published in Chemical Research in Toxicology, chemicals that form cancer develop rapidly after someone starts smoking.
Of course, everyone knows that the long-term impacts include heart disease to many types of cancers. However, a small-scale study has shown that damage is present within moments of someone’s first cigarette.
Researchers that were involved in the study looked at the chemicals that were linked to cancer in 12 patients after they smoked.
Professor Stephen Hecht, from the University of Minnesota, said, "This study is unique, it is the first to investigate human metabolism of a PAH specifically delivered by inhalation in cigarette smoke, without interference by other sources of exposure such as air pollution or the diet.
"The chilling thing about this research is that it shows just how early the very first stages of that process begin - not in 30 years but within 30 minutes of a single cigarette for every subject in the study.”
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