In our experiments with an artificial lung medium, we were able to show that the toxic substances that accumulate in the lung fluid due to cigarette smoke trigger a stress reaction in the bacteria which, among other things, more than doubles the frequency with which resistance genes are passed on between bacteria via plasmids, explained the researchers
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Smokers may experience more severe symptoms during infection seasons due to compromised respiratory health, making sore throat a common complaint
But with this growth also came controversy
For instance, during the year of 1998, with less than one percent of sown agriculture land, tobacco production, along with manufacturing processes, generated about 95 billion RMB in tax