Accelerated antigen sampling and transport by airway mucosal dendritic cells following inhalation of a bacterial stimulus
And every time you smoke, youre adding more damage
As articulated by the researchers, although parents who smoke model smoking behaviour, this does not preclude a parent from eliminating a childs exposure to passive smoke, talking to a child about smoking, making cigarettes inaccessible, monitoring the smoking behaviour of children and their friends, and making clear the disciplinary consequences of smoking
This article covers exactly how smoking damages immunity from the physical barriers in the airways to the cellular immune response to systemic inflammation what diseases this vulnerability creates in the Indian context specifically, and what recovery looks like after quitting
For example, a cell containing damaged DNA could be replicated indefinitely, producing new copies with damaged DNA