according to the cdc, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd) is a serious lung disease caused by smoking. it gradually mak
es it harder and harder to breathe. how severe your symptoms are depends on the amount of lung damage. the deterioration will be exacerbated if the patient continues to smoke. what statement best replaces the sentence, "the deterioration will be exacerbated if the patient continues to smoke?"
If the patient doesn't quit smoking, the harm caused by nicotine and other substances contained on cigarrettes will be increased in an exponencial level.
