Lung Infections From Smoking

Division of Periodontology: Tobacco Use Cessation Program
Short factsheet from the University of Minnesota Division of Periodontology.

Second Hand Smoke & Kids
Second hand smoke is a major cause of children's illness -- yet 85% of adults who smoke and who live with a child do not ensure that the child is not exposed to ...

PersonalMD.com - Your Lifeline Online
A description of emphysema as well as a look at the causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and prevention.

Smoking
Short description by a doctor of the effects of smoking on health and quality of life.

Chronic Bronchitis -- familydoctor.org
Information from the AAFP.

Bad Breath
Outlines the diagnosis, causes and treatment options for the condition.

ACS :: Women and Smoking
Features information and details about the increased risk for women to develop various cancers.

Spinal cord injury: Smoking and SCI
For SCI survivors who smoke there's even more bad news and more ill health effects than general population.

MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Smoking and smokeless tobacco
Topic in MEDLINE's medical encyclopedia covers effects, chemical componenents, diseases caused, quitting tobacco, with 4 poster-quality illustrations.

Environmental Tobacco Smoke
Cancer Facts from the National Cancer Institute. Summary and bibliography on effects of secondhand smoke. Additional publications you can send for.

The Basics of Bronchitis
Find information including symptoms, prevention, and treatments for bronchitis.

Smoking - American Diabetes Association
Facts from the American Diabetes Association.

Environmental Tobacco Smoke
Focus is on lung cancer caused by secondhand smoke.

General Thoracic Surgery, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Discussion of volume reduction surgery to improve emphysema.

Larynx Cancer and Smoking
Doctor explains how his patients who smoke get invasive cancer of the voice box (larynx); images and video of a biopsy.

June Russell's Health Facts: Smoking - Women
Factsheet on tobacco products and their effects on women, children, and families.

Bronchitis
Article from TeensHealth explains this respiratory disease. Includes symptoms, causes, what doctors do, and smoking and bronchitis.

Types and causes of mouth problems: Cancer Research UK: CancerHelp UK
Information on cancer affecting a patient's breath.

EPS 2nd hand smoke/children
Excerpted from EPA report, published by the National Conservation Guild, as part of their indoor air quality issues series.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 'copd': Health Topics ...
A detailed description of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease "COPD".

 

 

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