Multiple Choice
To best prevent emphysema, a patient is instructed to stop smoking since cigarette smoke
A) impairs alpha1-antitrypsin, allowing elastase to predominate.
B) paralyzes the cilia, causing impaired mucociliary clearance.
C) predisposes to respiratory infections.
D) introduces carcinogens into the lungs.
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