Smoking addiction

Nicotine is now being recognised to be one of the most addictive substances in the world with growing trends for young users and increasing deaths secondary to consumption. It is more socially acceptable than other inhaled illicit drugs, but poses far more chronic health issues, such as heart attacks, strokes, aneurysms, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, infertility, eye problems, and mouth, laryngeal and lung cancer. "Smokers lung" is a disease of long-term smokers that presents like pneumonia or bronchitis and is now appearing in younger people. Chewing tobacco is no better, with increased risk of cancer as well as dental conditions, including submucous fibrosis.

Source: summary of medical news story as reported by DH News service Bangalore

Related Disease Topics:

• Heart attack
• Stroke
• Aneurysm
• Asthma
• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
• Infertility (type of Sexual Conditions)
• Eye disease
• Mouth cancer
• Lung cancer
• Laryngeal cancer
• Smokers lung
• Pneumonia
• Bronchitis
• Submucous fibrosis

Related Symptom Topics:

• Addiction

Article Source Details

About: Smoking addiction

Date: 30 May 2005

Source: DH News service Bangalore

URL: http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/may302005/state1924422005529.asp

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• Cause of heart attack
• Cause of stroke
• Cause of aneurysm
• Cause of asthma
• Cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
• Cause of infertility
• Cause of eye disease
• Cause of mouth cancer
• Cause of lung cancer
• Cause of laryngeal cancer
• Cause of smokers lung
• Cause of pneumonia
• Cause of bronchitis
• Cause of submucous fibrosis
• Cause of chronic health
• Cause of smoking
• Cause of nicotine addiction
• Cause of chewing tobacco
• Diagnosis and heart attack
• Diagnosis and stroke
• Diagnosis and aneurysm
• Diagnosis and asthma
• Diagnosis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
• Diagnosis and infertility
• Diagnosis and eye disease
• Diagnosis and mouth cancer
• Diagnosis and lung cancer
• Diagnosis and laryngeal cancer
• Diagnosis and smokers lung
• Diagnosis and pneumonia
• Diagnosis and bronchitis
• Diagnosis and submucous fibrosis
• Diagnosis and nicotine addiction
• Research and nicotine addiction

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