The Tobacco Reference Guide by David Moyer

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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