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The Tobacco Reference Guide |
| by David Moyer, MD. |
| | Chapter 11 Other health problems |
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| | Other health problems: Ulcers |
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| | In a 1991 study from Sweden, one quarter of peptic ulcers diagnosed for the first time |
| | in people ages 35 to 84 were estimated to be caused by smoking. Smokers are more |
| | prone to becoming infected with the bacterium Helicobacter pylori that is associated |
| | with a greatly increased risk of developing ulcers. |
| | Cigarettes, pp. 146-147 |
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| | Cigarette smoking is associated with an increased risk of developing duodenal ulcer |
| | and ulcer-related complications, including delayed ulcer healing and death. |
| | Annals of Internal Medicine, November 1, 1993, p. 882 |
| | tobacco reference guideg (artefact pour saut |
| | 20% of peptic ulcer cases in women in the U.S. are attributable to cigarette smoking. |
| | Regular smokers were 1.8 times more likely to develop ulcers than never smokers. |
| | Archives of Internal Medicine, July 1990, p. 1437 |
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| | A significant number of former smokers have stopped suffering from heartburn after |
| | quitting smoking. |
| | San Francisco Chronicle, May 9, 1999, p. 8 |
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