(a) Alveolus
(b) Y - Oxygen
Z - Carbon (IV) oxide
(c) Tobacco smoke from cigarette contains toxic chemicals/ carcinogens e.g. tar, that damage the cells that lines the lungs, preventing removal of foreign substances away from lungs
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