Question

what is the difference between the lungs of smokers and non-smokers? ​

Answer 1

Answer:

• Men who smoke are 23 times more likely to develop lung cancer than men who have never smoked. Similarly, women are 13 times more likely to develop lung cancer than women that have never smoked. Smoking also increases the risk of other lung-related illnesses such as COPD and pneumonia.

Answer 2

Answer:

Many people remember hearing about the difference between smoker's lungs and normal healthy lungs at some point in time. These changes occur on a visual level, on a cellular level (under the microscope), and even on a molecular level.

In addition to these structural changes, there are several functional differences between healthy lungs and smoker's lungs as well, ranging from lung capacity to oxygen exchange.