Epithelialmesenchymal transition (EMT) is a unique biological process, that refers to epithelial cells losing their polarity and transforming into mobile mesenchymal cells, playing a crucial role in organ development, fibrosis, and cancer progression
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Other risks Other health risks of smoking include: lung diseases, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) higher risk of lung infections such as pneumonia increased risk of heart disease and stroke damage to the reproductive system, which can make it difficult for a person to get pregnant changes in sexual and reproductive function, such as erectile dysfunction and reduced fertility gum disease weakened immune system higher risk of type 2 diabetes premature aging lower bone density, which increases the risk of bone fractures vision problems slower wound healing Learn more about how smoking affects the body
[7] A 2007 study surveyed 25,887 adults and found that "candy cigarette consumption was reported by 88% of both current and former smokers and 78% of never smokers", a statistically significant difference that the authors suggested indicates a connection between candy cigarette consumption as a child and smoking as an adult
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