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Coronary Artery Disease, Nicotine Addiction, and Depression: The Tragic Triad

Year: 2010

Type: article

Abstract: A great number of diseases are directly related to active smoking. In the recent years more and more malignant neoplasms were causally related to active smoking. Lung cancer is the “leader” of smoking-related neoplasm’s and the 3rd cause of death in high-income countries, followed by cancer of the oral cavity/pharynx, laryngeal, esophageal, stomach, pancreatic, kidney, bladder, cervical cancer, leukemia and other malignant neoplasm’s. Among other diseases, cardiovascular and respiratory diseases are also causally related to cigarette smoking. According to World Health Organization (WHO), 5 out of 6 leading causes of death world wide (Ischemic heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, HIV/AIDS, COPD, lower respiratory infections trachea, bronchus, lung cancers) are smoke related... (excerpt)

Source: Hospital chronicles/Hospital Chronicles

Authors: Andreas Asimakos, Paraskevi Κatsaounou

Institution: Evangelismos Hospital

Language: English

Topic: Smoking Behavior and Cessation

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W1496852485

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