Tobacco smoking and atherosclerosis

the long version

Examines atherosclerosis, the principal underlying cause of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease in people of the Western world, and its relationship with cigarette smoking, which has been implicated in both the initiation and exacerbation of the atherosclerotic process. Contains information and ideas presented at the U. of Kentucky Tobacco and Health Research Institute's symposium on this subject held in December 1989. Specific topics include the effect of cigarette smoking on vascular endothelial cells, platelets, vascular tissue and eicosanoids. Also examined is the effect of cigarette smoking on diet, and atherosclerosis and the central nervous system.