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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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| | In a study from France of patients with asthma who required mechanical ventilation in |
| | an intensive care unit, 23 percent were smokers. Smoking was associated with a |
| | higher mortality from asthma both during hospitalization and after discharge. |
| | American Review of Respiratory Disease, July 1992, p. 76 |
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| | Elderly women who smoke have poorer muscle strength, agility and balance, and |
| | generally feel older than their nonsmoking contemporaries. For these women, |
| | smoking may have the same effect as adding five years to her age. |
| | ASH Review January-February 1995 p. 4 |
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| | Smoking has been associated with a worsening of upper body motor functioning in |
| | multiple sclerosis. |
| | Cigarettes, p. 104 |
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| | In a study from Norway, decline in physical fitness and lung functions among healthy |
| | middle aged men was considerably greater among smokers than among |
| | nonsmokers, and could not be explained by differences in age and physical activity. |
| | British Medical Journal, August 16, 1995, p. 715 |
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| | Tobacco use, specifically nicotine and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, may |
| | suppress the body's immune function by mechanisms that have not been established. |
| | Cigarette smoking is associated with reductions in serum immunoglobulins, |
| | helper/suppressor T-cell ratios, mitogen-induced lymphocyte transformation, and |
| | natural killer cytotoxic activity. |
| | Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, April 1995, p. 901 |
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