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March 6, 2014 atmospheric pollutant, and the tobacco-specific nitrosamine. Because of the addiction that nicotine causes, the lungs are exposed for a long time with these carcinogens, causing the person that is exposed to have lung problems, and even develop a tumor. Smoking can lead to different diseases that are very harmful for the body the major ones are: Cardiovascular diseases, which is the main cause of deaths due to smoking, accelerates the process of the hardening of arteries, cholesterol and fats are deposited in the arteries leaving them blocked or rigid, and clots are three times more likely to appear. Cancer, specifically lung cancer, throat cancer and mouth cancer. This is because of the constant exposure to the carcinogens that were mentioned earlier, 90% of the lung cancer cases in the world are due to smokin