Can a lung recover from the black tar deposits cause by cigarette smoking?

Subject: Can a lung recover from the black tar deposits cause by cigarette smoking?

Date: Fri Mar 26 15:12:30 1999
Posted by Fran Klos
Grade level: 4-6 School: Middlebrook School
City: Wilton State/Province: CT Country: USA
Area of science: Medicine
ID: 922482750.Me

Message:


In our class we saw photos of lungs covered in tar deposited by 
cigarette smoke.  My students asked if the lung was damaged 
forever or if it could recover if the person stopped smoking. 
Thanks!

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