American researchers claim in a new study that smoking damages the body in minutes rather than years.

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American researchers claim in a new study that smoking damages the body in minutes rather than years, BBC reported.

The report shows chemicals that cause cancer form rapidly after smoking. The long-term impact of smoking, from heart disease to a range of cancers, is well known. This study suggests the damage begins just moments after the first cigarette is smoked.

The researchers looked at the level of chemicals linked with cancer, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), in 12 patients after smoking. A PAH was added to the subject's cigarettes, which was then modified by the body and turned into another chemical that damages DNA and has been linked with cancer. The research shows this process only took between 15 and 30 minutes to take place. （點擊BBC網站查看原文）

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