Cigarette smoke curbs lung's self-healing

(Helmholtz Zentrum M ü nchen - German Research Center for Environmental Health) Smoke from cigarettes blocks self-healing processes in the lungs and consequently can lead to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Researchers at the Helmholtz Zentrum M ü nchen, partner in the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), and their international colleagues have reported this in the 'American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine'.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news