Tobacco and Injury: An Annotated Bibliography.
Abstract
Tne role of tobacco use in cardiovascular diseases, cancers, and other disorders has been well documented, and now injuries can be added to the long list of tobacco's health consequences. Unlike cardiovascular disease and cancer, for which the latency of disease may be decades, the risk of injury associated with tobacco use may be measured in months, days, or even hours. Smokers are generally believed to be greater risk-takers, are heavier users of alcohol, and are more frequently diagnosed with depression and schizophrenia. They have been shown to have impaired healing of wounds and fractures, as well as chronic demineralization of bone, potentially increasing their susceptibility to fractures. Smoking has also been linked to an increased risk of musculoskeletal overuse injuries, motor vehicle accidents, industrial accidents, poisoning, low back and shoulder pain, burns and fire deaths, and suicide. Recent Army studies have documented higher musculoskeletal injury rates among smokers. While evidence mounts implicating smoking as an injury risk factor, the association between injury and smokeless tobacco is less consistent.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 1996
- Accession Number
- ADA304584
Entities
People
- D. J. White
- Julie A. Barnes
- Katy L. Reynolds
- Paul J. Amoroso
Organizations
- United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine