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The Tobacco Reference Guide |
| by David Moyer, MD. |
| | Chapter 10 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), |
| | emphysema, and other lung disease |
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| | About 15% of one pack per day and 25% of two pack per day cigarette smokers will |
| | eventually develop COPD if they continue their habit. |
| | The Tobacco Epidemic, p. 85 |
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| | The total cost for COPD in the United States in 1993 was $25 billion, including $15 |
| | billion in direct medical costs. |
| | Bartolome Celli, M.D., American Academy of Allergy lecture, San Diego, March |
| | 2000 |
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| | In the United States, an estimated 16 million persons had COPD in 1994, a 60% |
| | increase from 1982. In 1993, COPD was the fourth most common cause of death, |
| | causing 95,910 deaths, more than twice the 47,335 deaths in 1979. For unknown |
| | reasons, only about 15% of cigarette smokers develop clinically significant COPD. In |
| | COPD patients with FEV1, less than 0.75 liters (about 20% of predicted), the mortality |
| | rate is 30% at one year and 95% at ten years. |
| | The Merck Manual, Mark Beers and Robert Berkow, Editors, 1999 edition, pp. |
| | 569-575 |
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| | More than 90% of patients with the diagnosis of pulmonary eosinophilic granuloma |
| | are current or past cigarette smokers. |
| | Textbook of Respiratory Medicine, John Murray and Jay Nadel, editors, |
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| | A study from Northern California showed a strong association between smoking and |
| | adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), a rapidly progressive syndrome of lung |
| | injury with an overall fatality rate of 40 to 60%. The authors concluded that |
| | approximately 50% of ARDS cases were attributable to cigarette smoking. |
| | Chest, January 2000, p. 163 |
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