How does something “cause” cancer?

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“*A carcinogen is a substance, organism or agent capable of causing cancer*”.

“*Cancer* is *a disease in which some of the body’s cells grow uncontrollably and spread to other parts of the body*”.

How does something like alcohol or tobacco cause cancer?

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cancer cells are (very) basically just corrupted cells. Tobacco and cigarettes of numerous chemicals that harm cells, causing deformities in them that corrupts them and turns them into cancer cells.

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