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Name the chronic respiratory disorder caused mainly by cigarette smoking

A

ashtma

B

repiratory acidosis

C

respiratory alkalosis

D

emphysema

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Emphysema is characterised by inflation or distensions of alveolie by dissolution of wall of the two adjacent lung alveloli.It generally occurs due to chronic cigarette smoking.
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