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What happens if a nonsmoker, smoke a pack of cigarettes a day for a few weeks, what would happen to the no. of rbc in a person's blood?
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Increase RBCs: This will probably increase the RBCs. Smoking increases the blood's carbon monoxide level, which interferes with oxygenation. The body responds to this by increasing the RBCs.
Answered 8/24/2014
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