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Tobacco use and risk of myocardial infarction in 52 countries in the INTERHEART study: a case-control study

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All forms of tobacco use, including different types of smoking and chewing tobacco and inhalation of SHS, should be discouraged to prevent cardiovascular diseases.
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This article is published in The Lancet.The article was published on 2006-08-19. It has received 890 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Smokeless tobacco & Chewing tobacco.

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Nicotine receptor partial agonists for smoking cessation

TL;DR: The main outcome measured was abstinence from smoking at longest follow-up, and the most rigorous definition of abstinence was abstinence, and preferred biochemically validated rates where they were reported.
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Effect of potentially modifiable risk factors associated with myocardial infarction in 52 countries (the INTERHEART study): case-control study

TL;DR: Abnormal lipids, smoking, hypertension, diabetes, abdominal obesity, psychosocial factors, consumption of fruits, vegetables, and alcohol, and regular physical activity account for most of the risk of myocardial infarction worldwide in both sexes and at all ages in all regions.
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Mortality in relation to smoking: 50 years' observations on male British doctors

TL;DR: In this article, the British Medical Association forwarded to all British doctors a questionnaire about their smoking habits, and 34440 men replied, with few exceptions, all men who replied in 1951 have been followed for 20 years.

Statistical methods in cancer research. Vol. 1. The analysis of case-control studies.

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TL;DR: Case-control studies have come into increasing favour, and they are now one of the commonest forms of epidemiol-ogical studies.
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The Tobacco Atlas

TL;DR: The latest edition of this groundbreaking atlas gives shape and meaning to statistics about tobacco use and control, revealing similarities and differences between countries, and exposing the behaviour of the tobacco companies.
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