Passive Smoking Induces Oxidant Damage Preventable by Vitamin C

The deleterious effects of cigarette smoking on antioxidant protection and chronic disease risk are well known. Recent studies show that exposure of nonsmokers to environmental tobacco smoke results in increased oxidant damage linked to heart and respiratory diseases. The new findings provide suppor...

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Published inNutrition reviews Vol. 58; no. 8; pp. 239 - 241
Main Author Jacob, Robert A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.08.2000
International Life Sciences Institute
Oxford University Press
Subjects
Antioxidants
Ascorbic Acid - metabolism
Ascorbic Acid - therapeutic use
Biological and medical sciences
Cigarettes
Heart Diseases - etiology
Heart Diseases - prevention & control
Humans
Lungs
Medical sciences
Oxidants - metabolism
Pollutants
Respiratory Tract Diseases - etiology
Respiratory Tract Diseases - prevention & control
Smoking
Tobacco Smoke Pollution - adverse effects
Tobacco Smoke Pollution - prevention & control
Tobacco, tobacco smoking
Toxicology
Vitamin C
Human
Prevention
Tobacco
Ascorbic acid
Toxicity
Vitamin
Passive smoking
Supplemented diet
Review
Antioxidant
Feeding
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Summary:The deleterious effects of cigarette smoking on antioxidant protection and chronic disease risk are well known. Recent studies show that exposure of nonsmokers to environmental tobacco smoke results in increased oxidant damage linked to heart and respiratory diseases. The new findings provide support for efforts to minimize exposure of nonsmokers to environmental tobacco smoke and oxidizing air pollutants and demonstrate the importance of vitamin C for antioxidant protection.
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ArticleID:NURE239
ISSN:0029-6643
1753-4887
DOI:10.1111/j.1753-4887.2000.tb01872.x