Smoking: the most preventable disease
Robert W Schrier
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Smoking dramatically affects the morbidity and mortality associated with cancer, cardiovascular disease and pulmonary disease. Less is known about the deleterious effects of smoking on the kidney; however, we do know that these effects extend beyond diabetic renal disease to various other forms of kidney dysfunction (Orth SR [2002] J Am Soc Nephrol 13: 1663–1672). A focus on smoking prevention in developed countries has resulted in a substantial decrease in the prevalence of this habit.
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