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Emphysema Causes & Symptoms

5 Causes of Emphysema

Smoking

Smoking is the main cause of emphysema, accounting for up to 90% of all cases. Tobacco products contain thousands of harmful chemicals, especially nicotine. When you breathing in these substances, they would damage your lung cells over time and trigger inflammation. More importantly, smoke from these products would also trigger emphysema in surrounding people in your family or office. For these reasons, it is better to quit smoking to improve your health. By doing this, your circulation would start to improve quickly, thus allowing your lungs to make a few repairs to the damages caused by smoking before. [8]