Tobacco elevated cholesterol

Treating nicotine and tobacco dependence can prevent a variety of costly chronic diseases, including heart disease, cancer, and chronic lung disease. It is estimated that smoking cessation efforts are more cost effective than other commonly provided preventive services such as screening for breast, colon, and cervical cancer, treatment of mildly elevated blood pressure, and treatment of high cholesterol. 

Tobacco smoking alone greatly enhances the risk for coronary heart disease (CHD) J44l Smoking and elevated serum cholesterol level synergis-tically increase the levels of CHD observed. 61 No mechanism for the synergism was proffered by the study. 

The combined use of tobacco with other chemicals and pharmaceuticals can have synergistic effects. For example, women who smoke and use oral contraceptives have a much greater risk for myocardial infarction than nonsmokers, t54l and a combination of cigarette smoking and elevated serum cholesterol has a synergistic effect on coronary heart disease morbidity and mortality.]55 ... 

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