What Happens if You Smoke Vegetables? The Surprising Health Risks
                                
                                
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                                While culinary smoking vegetables to infuse flavor is a popular and relatively safe cooking method, inhaling smoke from burning plant matter—including vegetables—exposes your lungs to many of the same toxic chemicals found in tobacco smoke. This practice is a significant health risk, not a harmless trend, due to the harmful byproducts of combustion.