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Interestingly enough, tobacco plants are part of the same family as tomato plants, peppers, and eggplants

Absorption is slower and less efficient than through the lungs, but it still occurs

The causal chain of events linking smoking to inflammation To answer the second question, let us consider the causal chain of events linking smoking to lung inflammation: Emission of toxicants leads to exposure to toxicants, which in turn leads to lung inflammation A reduction in toxicant emission should, therefore, lead to a reduction in exposure to toxicants, which in turn should lead to a reduction in lung inflammation

It comes from both the burning end of a cigarette and the smoke exhaled by a tobacco user