Smoking cigarettes simulates cystic fibrosis

Wednesday, October 12, 2011 - 15:31 in Health & Medicine

If you smoke cigarettes, you have more in common with someone who has cystic fibrosis than you think. A new research report shows that smoking cigarettes affects the lungs in a way that is very similar to cystic fibrosis, a life threatening disease affecting the lungs and other organs.

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