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Originally posted by unityemissions
You know.... we do have sections of our dna which repairs damaged dna.....
Pretty sure this is misinformation.
Originally posted by innervision0730
Well if it happens with the first inhale then I guess it's too late to quit for that reason. Every single person has come into contact with it at one point in their lives so I guess we are all screwed. There are alot of poisonous chemicals affecting us; Gases, pollution from factories and cars, smoke from fires, volcanic ash etc. Unfortuantely there is nothing we can do
Originally posted by unityemissions
A flip side to this is that dna "damage" or more accurately mutations, are what leads to species evolution. So, even though the majority may get ill from smoking too much, too long, it could actually help to evolve our species more quickly!!
Originally posted by Hemisphere
I think that advantageous mutations and dna "damage" are not one in the same. I think that dna "damage" if anything could cause the offspring of smokers to devolve and perhaps develop handicaps or genetic diseases.
Originally posted by Hemisphere
A number of things can cause genetic damage and I have never heard that described as helpful to the individual or our species.
Funding Statement
This study was supported by Grant CA-92025 from the National Cancer Institute. Gas chromatography−mass spectrometry was carried out in core facilities of the Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, supported in part by National Cancer Institute Grant CA-77598.
Immediate Consequences of Cigarette Smoking: Rapid Formation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Diol Epoxides
Yan Zhong, Steven G. Carmella, Pramod Upadhyaya, J. Bradley Hochalter, Diane Rauch, Andrew Oliver, Joni Jensen, Dorothy Hatsukami, Jing Wang, Cheryl Zimmerman, and Stephen S. Hecht*
Masonic Cancer Center and Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota, MMC 806, 420 Delaware Street S.E., Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
Chem. Res. Toxicol., Article ASAP
DOI: 10.1021/tx100345x
Publication Date (Web): December 27, 2010
Originally posted by unityemissions
reply to post by jjjtir
Just be sure to drink a lot of green tea if you're a smoker.
p53 protection via green tea
Originally posted by moarboar8907
reply to post by Hemisphere
old news, you can google scholar smoking damage to dna and find a bunch of articles dated back almost 2 decades ago and in this current article that's been gaining popularity on the internet lately doesnt specify what kind of damage or anything of factual scientific information.