Cigarettes statistics

The relationship of PbB level to systolic and diastolic blood pressure was determined in a study of 89 Boston policemen (race not specified) (Weiss et al. 1986, 1988). These policemen were under observation for health outcomes related to environmental work exposures (i.e., they had traffic exposure histories). After statistically adjusting for previous systolic blood pressure, body mass index, age, and cigarette smoking, high PbB level ( 30 pg/dL) was a significant (p=0.01) predictor of subsequent elevation in systolic blood pressure of 1.5-11 mm Hg in the working policemen with normal blood pressure. Low PbB level (20-29 pg/dL) was not a predictor of subsequent systolic blood pressure elevations. Diastolic pressure was unrelated to PbB levels. 

American Psychiatric Association (1994) Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (DSM-IV), American Psychiatric Association, Washington, DC, pp 176-247 Andersson K, Fuxe K, Eneroth P, Jansson A, Harfstrand A (1989) Effects of withdrawal from chronic exposure to cigarette smoke on hypothalamic and preoptic catecholamine nerve terminal systems and on the secretion of pituitary hormones in the male rat, Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol 339 387-96... 

According to the most recent statistics, tobacco smokers exceed one billion in number and about 15 billion cigarettes are consumed every day [8]. In particular, more than 60% of 14 65y males are smokers in China and Russia, 50% in... 

Statistical surveys provide an impressive correlation between the number of cigarettes smoked a day and the risk of death from coronary disease or lung cancer. Statistics also show that, on cessation of smoking, the increased risk of death from coronary infarction or other cardiovascular disease declines over 5-10 years almost to the level of non-smokers. Similarly, the risk of developing bronchial carcinoma is reduced. 

The open flame hazard associated with a bedroom fire is well established through fire statistics and field studies. The majority of bedroom fires not caused by smoldering cigarettes involve... 

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