| The Tobacco Reference Guide |
| by David Moyer, MD. |
| Chapter 11 Other health problems |
| tobacco reference guideg (artefact pour |
| Other health problems: Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, hearing loss |
| globalink (artefact pour saut de ligne) |
| 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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