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In botany, '''tobacco''' is "a plant genus of the family solanaceae. Members contain [[nicotine]] and other biologically active chemicals; its dried leaves are used for smoking."<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref> | In botany, '''tobacco''' is "a plant genus of the family solanaceae. Members contain [[nicotine]] and other biologically active chemicals; its dried leaves are used for smoking."<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref> | ||
Revision as of 20:57, 8 March 2009
In botany, tobacco is "a plant genus of the family solanaceae. Members contain nicotine and other biologically active chemicals; its dried leaves are used for smoking."[1]
Passive smoking
Passive smoking, also called second-hand or secondhand smoking is associated with lung cancer[2][3], coronary heart disease[4][5], and maybe cognitive impairment[6].
Smoke free legislation is associated with reductions in hospitalizations for acute coronary syndrome.[7][8]
References
- ↑ Anonymous (2024), Tobacco (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- ↑ Taylor R, Najafi F, Dobson A (October 2007). "Meta-analysis of studies of passive smoking and lung cancer: effects of study type and continent". Int J Epidemiol 36 (5): 1048–59. DOI:10.1093/ije/dym158. PMID 17690135. Research Blogging.
- ↑ Stayner L, Bena J, Sasco AJ, et al (March 2007). "Lung cancer risk and workplace exposure to environmental tobacco smoke". Am J Public Health 97 (3): 545–51. DOI:10.2105/AJPH.2004.061275. PMID 17267733. Research Blogging.
- ↑ He J, Vupputuri S, Allen K, Prerost MR, Hughes J, Whelton PK (March 1999). "Passive smoking and the risk of coronary heart disease--a meta-analysis of epidemiologic studies". N. Engl. J. Med. 340 (12): 920–6. PMID 10089185. [e]
- ↑ Teo KK, Ounpuu S, Hawken S, et al (August 2006). "Tobacco use and risk of myocardial infarction in 52 countries in the INTERHEART study: a case-control study". Lancet 368 (9536): 647–58. DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69249-0. PMID 16920470. Research Blogging.
- ↑ Llewellyn DJ, Lang IA, Langa KM, Naughton F, Matthews FE (2009). "Exposure to secondhand smoke and cognitive impairment in non-smokers: national cross sectional study with cotinine measurement". BMJ 338: b462. PMID 19213767. PMC 2643443. [e]
- ↑ Pell JP, Haw S, Cobbe S, et al (July 2008). "Smoke-free legislation and hospitalizations for acute coronary syndrome". N. Engl. J. Med. 359 (5): 482–91. DOI:10.1056/NEJMsa0706740. PMID 18669427. Research Blogging.
- ↑ (January 2009) "Reduced hospitalizations for acute myocardial infarction after implementation of a smoke-free ordinance--City of Pueblo, Colorado, 2002-2006". MMWR Morb. Mortal. Wkly. Rep. 57 (51): 1373–7. PMID 19116606. [e]