How does tobacco affect lungs?

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Tobacco:
Tobacco is used in cigars, cigarettes, beedi and pipes.
Tobacco contains a substance called nicotine which causes addiction.
The nicotine present in tobacco is poisonous and carcinogenic (cancer-causing).
It increases the risk of lung cancer.
It damages the lungs and reduces the oxygen carrying capacity of the blood.

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