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Smoking Is A Strong Addiction

Dr. Veronica Palmero-Gonzalez, Pulmonologist with South Miami Hospital, explains smokers lungs are the damage or the end of years of smoking exposure to the normal lungs. The coloration is abnormal, because the lungs should be pink. "The more people smoke, the more damage will generate in the lungs." Tar (tobacco residue) is a chemical in the cigarette that damages the lungs, and it is hard to get rid of, but if your quit smoking, eventually the body will naturally eliminate it, according to Palmero-Gonzalez.

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