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Do you think in 20 years science will have advanced enough that we are able to smoke cigarettes without getting health complications, that these smoking related illnesses will be curable?

>> No.12272581

bump

>> No.12272607

>>12272431
Lung transplants are a thing

>> No.12272614

>>12272607
Does this mitigate against lung cancer? What about other smoking related illnesses like heart disease, stroke or emphysema?

>> No.12272631

>>12272431
no. Cancer won't be cured in twenty years, especially not lung cancer. I similarly don't see any feasible solution coming for COPD.

>> No.12272639

>>12272631
what is the best way to learn about these topics online to help join the cause for trying to find a cure? I only have high school biology but I'm very interested in science

>> No.12272641

>>12272431
Well, either we prevent the negative effects of smoking in the first place by basically turning it into pure nicotine (the problems usually come from the tar in the cigarette and the carbon monoxide from it not being burned completely) but nicotine itself has negative effects like addiction and heart problems, and removing everything else would basically change the 'taste' of the cigarette. Or, you could prevent the effects by some sort of lung enhancement which prevents the chemicals from the smoke from accumulating in the alveoli, perhaps a filter of some sort, but that wouldn't help with the carbon monoxide and nicotine issue,

>> No.12272676

>>12272639
You're not going to directly help develop a cure for cancer without a degree. The best you can hope for with a high school diploma is to become a janitor at a research facility and make the researchers very satisfied with how clean the floors are.

>> No.12272680

>>12272641
what would a pure nicotine cigarette contain? seems like it would be a good trade off even with the addiction. im not so sure what the heart problems of pure nicotine would be?
also is there a way to fortify those herbal substitute cigarettes with nicotine? seems like that would be a good idea

>> No.12272688

>>12272676
surely there's some online courses I could take to increase my knowledge and help research? I don't wanna be a janny

>> No.12272780

>>12272688
The biology field is so saturated now that even lab technician jobs de facto require a degree. A few courses will not get you anywhere.

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>>12272431
>COVID-19 compels us to find cures for respiratory diseases
>Nobel Price for CRISPR/Cas9
>Science is (will be soon) back again in the White House

2020 is/was supposed to be the beginning of the high-biotech era.

>> No.12274300

>>12272431
Go buy some nicotine mini-lozenges anon.

>> No.12274305

>>12272431
no
you will not be able to chronically inhale tar into your lungs consequence free
in 20yrs