Quick hit
Smoking can cause immediate damage to DNA, a new study warns. Within minutes of puffing a cigarette, a chemical in smoke called a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, or PAH, gets converted into a DNA-damaging form known as a PAH diol epoxide in smokers’ blood, researchers from the University of Minnesota discovered.
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