| Chapter 11 Other health problems |
| tobacco reference guideg (artefact pour |
| Other health problems: Skin and Throat Disorders |
| globalink (artefact pour saut de ligne) |
| In a study from North Dakota there was a strong association between smoking and |
| discoid lupus erythematosus with an odds ratio of 12.2, significantly higher than that |
| reported for systemic lupus erythematosus, odds ratio 2.3. |
| Cutis, April 1999, p. 234 |
| tobacco reference guideg (artefact pour saut |
| Patients with peritonsillar abscess, or quinsy, are 70% more likely to be smokers than the general population. |
| Lancet, June 20, 1992, p. 1552 |
| tobacco reference guideg (artefact pour saut |
| Acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis, also known as "trench mouth" or Vincent's |
| disease, occurs almost exclusively in smokers and is strongly dose related. |
| Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, May 1996, p. 723 |
| tobacco reference guideg (artefact pour saut |
| The relative risk of palmoplantar pustulosis, a skin condition resembling psoriasis, is 7.2 times greater in smokers. |
| Journal of American Academy of Dermatology, May 1996, p. 719 |
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