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The Tobacco Reference Guide
by David Moyer, MD.


Chapter 11 Other health problems

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Other health problems: Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, hearing loss

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25 different diseases and causes of death are significantly associated with cigarette

smoking, 24 positively and one negatively.

British Medical Journal, October 8, 1994, p. 909

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Smoking is a major risk factor for 7 of the top 14 causes of death for people older

than age 65.

Nicotine Addiction p. 385

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Nicotine is of therapeutic benefit in ulcerative colitis and perhaps also in Parkinson's

disease.

North Carolina Medical Journal, January 1995, p. 48 and NEJM, March 24, 1994,

p. 811

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Smokers have only half the risk of nonsmokers of developing Parkinson's disease.

JAMA, April 24, 1996, p. 1217

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Nicotine can improve some aspects of memory in patients with Alzheimer's disease.

Nicotine Safety and Toxicity, p. 141

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In a study from the Netherlands, smokers were more than twice as likely (relative risk

2.3) to develop Alzheimer's disease as are nonsmokers.

Lancet, June 20, 1998, pp. 1840-43

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