I also knew why: cigarette smoke contains a chemical called benzo(a)pyrene, which binds to guanine in DNA, induces double-strand breaks, and causes mutations. The repair process also causes epigenetic drift and metabolic changes that cancer cells thrive on, in a process we’ve called geroncogenesis.
Oh shitt, I must take note of this. Cigarettes and their efficacy relating to DNA damage in terms of casual smoking
