| The Tobacco Reference Guide |
| by David Moyer, MD. |
| Chapter 9 Cardiovascular Disease |
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| Both passive and active smoking is related to greater internal-medial wall thickness of |
| the carotid arteries in the neck, a potent risk factor for carotid atherosclerosis. |
| Archives of Internal Medicine, June 13, 1994, p. 1277 |
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| Smokers between the ages of 45 and 64 triple their risk of dying from heart disease |
| compared to nonsmokers. |
| Chest, September 1988, p. 449 |
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| Smoking causes about 40% of all the deaths from heart attacks in men and women |
| less than 65 years old. |
| Executive Health Report, July 1990 |
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| Cigarette smoking is responsible for two-thirds of all heart attacks in women under |
| age 50; a smoker in this age group runs a 5-fold increased risk of heart attack. |
| Your Good Health, William Bennett, Harvard University Press, 1987, p. 95 |
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| Smoking leads to 7.7-fold increase in the risk of coronary artery spasm in women |
| ages 36 to 41 who were evaluated for angina. 62% of patients were smokers |
| compared to 17% of control subjects. Cigarette smoking accounts for 45% in men |
| and 41% in women of the total risk for coronary heart disease for those under age 65. |
| Circulation, March 1992, p. 905 |
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| Overall, smokers have a two- to fourfold greater incidence of coronary heart disease |
| and about a 70 percent greater death rate from it. |
| Cigarettes, p. 28 |
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