The observed induction of CYP1A1 and CYP2S1 in bronchoalveolar macrophages and bronchial biopsies of smokers is of importance because of their contribution to the metabolic activation of tobacco smoke components, namely polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, which can lead to the development of lung cancer (Georgiadis et al. 2005). Here, CYP1A1 is linked to lung cancer.