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Cigarettes: What the Warning Label Doesn't Tell You » (New Edition)

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Authors: American Council on Science and Health, Elizabeth M. Whelan, American Council on Science and Health, Elizabeth M. Whelan
ISBN-13: 9781573921589, ISBN-10: 1573921580
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Date Published: January 1997
Edition: New Edition

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Author Biography: American Council on Science and Health

Book Synopsis

From impotence to diabetes, cataracts to psoriasis, the proven dangers of smoking go well beyond heart and lung disease. Here, for the first time in one complete volume, noted experts detail all the known health threats of smoking. Twenty eye-opening chapters--all carefully reviewed by independent health experts--explain clearly and honestly how cigarette smoking can affect the body from head to toe. 215 pp.

Table of Contents

Foreword: Cigarettes: The Undisclosed Medical Risks
Preface
Introduction: The Leading Cause of Preventable Death1
Ch. 1Smoking and Lung Disease5
Ch. 2Oncology: Smoking and Cancer Risk13
Ch. 3Smoking and Heart Disease25
Ch. 4Smoking and Peripheral Vascular Disease35
Ch. 5Smoking and the Skin41
Ch. 6Smoking and Surgical Risk47
Ch. 7Smoking and Orthopedic Problems55
Ch. 8Smoking and Rheumatologic Conditions61
Ch. 9Environmental Tobacco Smoke and Pediatric Illnesses69
Ch. 10Smoking and Complications in Obstetrics and Gynecology81
Ch. 11Smoking and Urology: Male Infertility and Sexuality Dysfunctions95
Ch. 12Smoking and Neurological Disorders101
Ch. 13Psychiatry: Smoking, the Brain and Behavior111
Ch. 14Otolaryngology: Abnormalities of the Ears, Nose and Throat Associated with Smoking117
Ch. 15Smoking and the Eyes121
Ch. 16Smoking and Oral Health129
Ch. 17Smoking and the Endocrine System135
Ch. 18Smoking and Gastrointestinal Diseases145
Ch. 19Smoking and the Immune System155
Ch. 20Smoking and Emergency Medicine163
Afterword: Tobaccosis, A Twentieth-Century Catastrophe169
Epilogue175
Index179

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