One of the most serious effects of cigarette smoking on the lungs is the
A) removal of mucus from the airways.
B) immobilization of cilia lining the airways.
C) speeding of airflow through the airways.
D) increase in surfactant action that it causes.
E) increase in the surface area of alveoli that it induces.
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