The shocking effects of tobacco on the gene were first announced

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A recent study has for the first time produced scary data to startle about the harmful effects of smoke on our genetic data.

Specifically, the study conducted by Los Alamos National Laboratory (Mexico) showed that smoking a pack of cigarettes a day can produce 150 mutant genes in the lung each year. At the same time, other parts of the body also suffer from minor effects.

Smoking a pack of cigarettes a day can produce 150 mutant genes in the lungs each year.

This is the first study of the harmful effects of tobacco at the genetic and DNA levels. In addition to 150 genes in the lungs, experts also found 97 genes in the larynx, 39 genes in the palate, 23 genes in the oral cavity, 18 genes in the bladder, and 6 genes in the liver.

It is known that inside the smoke contains 7,000 chemicals, including at least 70 cancer-causing agents. Every year, 6 million people die from 17 types of cancer that are thought to be related to cigarette smoke. And what is cancer? They are mutant cells , separated exponentially and uncontrollably.

Smoking causes a high level of genetic mutation.

According to researcher Ludmil Alexandrov, "This study offers a different perspective on how tobacco causes cancer. In the past, we only found evidence that smoking causes cancer, but Now, we study this at the level of genes and DNA. "

"With this study, we have a better understanding of why smokers are more likely to develop cancer than ordinary people," he said.

The study is published in Cancer magazine.