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Smoking, Nicotine and Blood Pressure

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Smoking and hypertension are recognized as two major cardiovascular risk factors accounting for the greatest proportion of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. According to the latest estimate by the World Health Organization, more than 12 million deaths are attributable to high blood pressure and smoking. The overall risk of major cardiovascular events increases dramatically as the prevalence of hypertension and tobacco use is projected to rise further. The relationship between smoking and high blood pressure is multifactorial. Several common pathophysiological mechanisms have been proposed for the association between smoking and hypertension-related cardiovascular consequences. Smoking cessation and better blood pressure control should be the main goal of physicians’ intervention to improve cardiovascular outcome.

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Hering, D., Narkiewicz, K. (2012). Smoking, Nicotine and Blood Pressure. In: Berbari, A., Mancia, G. (eds) Special Issues in Hypertension. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2601-8_18

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