title: [Tobacco and the skin].
abstract: Various skin changes are undoubtedly caused or at least promoted by smoking. The present literature seems to concentrate mainly on active cigarette smokers, rather than on other kinds of nicotine consumption or on the effects of passive smoking. Unquestionable sequelae of cigarette smoking are the occurrence of yellow fingers, enhanced wrinkling especially in the faces of females, precancerous lesions and squamous cell carcinomas on lips and oral mucosa, vasospasms and obliterations of large arteries as well as of small skin vessels. The toxicomania is often associated with other addictions as e.g. alcoholism. The main emphasis in medical care of our population should lie in facilitating smoking cessation as well as in an effective prevention.
authors.affiliation: Dermatologischen Abteilung, Wilhelminenspitals der Stadt Wien.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Partsch
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Jochmann
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Partsch
mesh_terms: D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D009538:Nicotine / Q000009:adverse effects; D011230:Precancerous Conditions / Q000209:etiology*; D012039:Regional Blood Flow / Q000187:drug effects; D012867:Skin / Q000098:blood supply; D015595:Skin Aging / Q000187:drug effects; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology*; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: D009538:Nicotine