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Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Smoking causes DNA damage in minutes

MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Cigarette smoke causes genetic damage within minutes -- not years -- after inhalation into the lungs, U.S. researchers say. Stephen S. Hecht of the Masonic Cancer Center at the University of Minnesota and colleagues say evidence indicates harmful substances in tobacco... Sign in to see full entry.

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