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Hello and welcome to this week’s episode of the Medisodes Podcast! This week, we discuss the contemporary issue of smoking, which costs our NHS billions of pounds annually. We discuss its effects on the heart and lungs, what the NHS and the government are doing to reduce smoking and alternatives to smoking.

Intro – 00:00

How Smoking affects the Heart – 00:54

How Smoking affects the Lungs – 02:48

NHS and Governmental Response – 09:11

Discussion – 15:52

Outro – 25:46 

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