How does smoking cause lung cancer?

A. Exposure to arsenic causes poisoning, which results in cancer.
B. Genetic mutations occur as a result of exposure to benzopyrene.
C. Cancer is the result of reduction of high-density lipoproteins in the blood.
D. Reduction of low-density lipoproteins in the blood allow for plaque accumulation in the lung which progresses to cancer.


Answer: B

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