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Explain how smoking may reduce the efficiency of the function of alveoulus


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"Over time, the toxins from inhaled cigarette smoke break the thin walls of alveoli, leaving larger, less efficient air sacs. The sacs also begin to lose their bounce, making it harder to bring in the oxygen and expel carbon dioxide. 3 Both can become partially trapped in the lungs".

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