title: Letter to the Editor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hygiene and Public Health, Nippon Medical School, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, Japan. kawada@nms.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Tomoyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawada
mesh_terms: D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D059168:Carotid Intima-Media Thickness; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution