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Hello , so Im a Ridgewood High School student . I have a project in biology where I need to ask somebody in a medical field couple questions as an interview , my questions are How is smoking two packs of cigarettes per day for 5 years compare to one pack for 10 years on the respiratory system? How does the respitory system rebuilds after a smoker stops smoking cigarattes ?
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Dr. Bipin Ninan Abraham
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Look at pack year which is a means used for calculating risk in smokers.
Pack-year is a unit for measuring the amount a person has smoked over a long period of time. It is calculated by multiplying the number of packs of cigarettes smoked per day by the number of years the person has smoked.
One pack-year is the equivalent of 365.24 packs of cigarettes or 7,305 cigarettes.
Number of pack-years = (packs smoked per day) Ã (years as a smoker)
or
Number of pack-years = (number of cigarettes smoked per day/20) Ã number of years smoked.
As for the changes that happen while stopping smoking heres a link to an article which could be of help to you https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/317956.php
Best of luck with your project :)
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