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The Tobacco Reference Guide |
| by David Moyer, MD. |
| | Chapter 9 Cardiovascular Disease |
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| | The Lancet in 1857 commented about tobacco: "The circulating organs are affected |
| | by irritable heart condition." The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the |
| | Rebellion, published in six volumes from 1875 to 1888, noted that abuse of tobacco |
| | may cause "irritable heart." |
| | Population and Development Review, June 1990, pp. 219-220 |
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| | In women who smoke and use oral contraceptives, the risk of acute myocardial |
| | infarction is increased by 20.8 times. The risk of myocardial infarction is increased |
| | 41-fold in women who smoke and have a history of toxemia of pregnancy (compared |
| | to 4.5-fold in smoking women without a history of toxemia.) There is no evidence that |
| | a smoker who chooses low tar and nicotine brands reduces the risk of myocardial |
| | infarction. |
| | Clinics in Chest Medicine, December 1991, p. 662 |
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| | The use of oral contraceptive formulations with decreased estrogen content may lower |
| | the effects of the association of oral contraceptives and smoking on the risk for |
| | abnormal coagulation. |
| | Contemporary Ob/Gyn, March 1996, p. 126 |
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| | In patients with heart attacks, nonsmokers had their first heart attack at a median age |
| | of 62. Heavy smokers had their first heart attack at a median age of 51, or 11 years |
| | earlier. |
| | Associated Press, March 7, 1991 |
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| | Cigarette smoking is equivalent to an additional two decades of aging in terms of the |
| | risk of damage to the carotid arteries in the neck. Smoking is the most significant risk |
| | factor for carotid artery atherosclerosis. |
| | Journal of the American Medical Association, February 24, 1989, p. 1178 |
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