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The Tobacco Reference Guide |
| by David Moyer, MD. |
| | Chapter 11 Other health problems |
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| | Other health problems: Miscellaneous Health Problems |
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| | Two cases of acute eosinophilic pneumonia in young people 10 days and 3 days after |
| | smoking initiation have been reported from Japan. |
| | Tobacco Control, Winter 1995, p. 400 |
| | tobacco reference guideg (artefact pour saut |
| | Disseminated cryptococcus neoformans infection (DCI) is the most common invasive |
| | fungal disease and the third most common central nervous system disorder in patients |
| | with HIV infection. In a study from San Diego, the risk for developing the opportunistic |
| | infection DCI increased by 4.75 times in smokers compared with nonsmokers, and |
| | 74% of cases were in smokers. |
| | JAMA, February 26, 1997, p. 629 |
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| | A report in the journal of Arthritis and Rheumatism indicated that both smoking and |
| | obesity were significant risk factors for the development of rheumatoid arthritis. |
| | Reuters, November 27, 1997 |
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| | Women who smoke have less endometrial cancer, fewer uterine fibroids, less |
| | endometriosis, and less hyperemesis gravidarum, or severe nausea during |
| | pregnancy. |
| | Cigarettes, p. 90 |
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| | Anecdotal evidence suggests that nicotine may ameliorate symptoms of ulcerative |
| | colitis. Chewing tobacco users have double the risk of developing ulcerative colitis, |
| | but smokers may have a lower risk. |
| | Cigarettes, p. 150-151 |
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