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PPC
smoking
8
Health Care
Graduate
05/13/2009
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•2 weeks – 3 months:
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    • ↑ Lung function up to 30%     Walking becomes easier
↑ Circulation
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•1-9 months:
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 ↓ Coughing, congestion, fatigue, SOB

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•1 year:
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•Increased risk of CHD half that of a smoker
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•5 years:
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    • Risk of cancers (mouth, throat, esophagus) half that of a smoker
Stroke risk same as nonsmoker (5-15 years)
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10 years
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    • ↓ risk of cancers (mouth, throat, esophagus, bladder, kidney, pancreas)
Precancerous cells are replaced
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•15 years:
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•Risk of CHD same as a nonsmoker
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brain regions activated by smoking cues

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  • hippocampus
  • thalamus
  • amygdala
  • nucleus accumbens
  • reward circuitry--enhance memory
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