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Chronic exposure to this smoke causes metaplastic alterations to the respiratory mucosa with an increase in the number and size of goblet cells and consequent increase in upper airway secretion.17,18 Cohen et al.13 and Kreindler et al.19 also showed in vitro that exposure to cigarette smoke inhibits chloride transport in epithelial cells, causing physiological alterations similar to those found in patients with cystic fibrosis

Secondhand smoke is strongly linked to an elevated risk of lung cancer, even for non-smokers

Once deceased, the former smokers are no longer counted in the statistics

Claudio says that the night her mother died, she was awakened by the ionization detector, but by the time she woke up, the two-bedroom apartment was so filled with smoke she could barely see or breathe

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