[Tobacco-related diseases].
The tobacco smoke intake by the smoker or by the non-smoker is a toxic product and a risk factor for diseases as acne in teenagers, respiratory and non respiratory infection, or histiocytosis X. The four main diseases are: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, which is more 80% related to tobacco; cancer (lung carcinoma, pharyngeal, laryngeal and oesophageal carcinoma, kidney, bladder carcinoma); cardiovascular diseases (myocardial infarction, cerebral stoke and sudden cardiac death); adverse consequences of smoking related to pregnancy.
Dautzenberg
Bertrand
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Service de pneumologie, Groupe hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, 75651 Paris Cedex 13. bertrand.dautzenberg@psl.aphp.fr
D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000209:etiology; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000209:etiology; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution / Q000009:adverse effects
D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution