Actualización sobre las nuevas formas de consumo de tabaco
- Gómez Cerezo, Jorge Francisco 1
- López Paz, José Enrique 2
- Fernández Pardo, Jacinto
- 1 Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario Infanta Sofía, Madrid, España
- 2 Sociedad Gallega de Hipertensión Arterial (SOGAHTA), A Coruña, España
ISSN: 0214-9168, 1578-1879
Ano de publicación: 2022
Volume: 34
Número: 6
Páxinas: 330-338
Tipo: Artigo
Outras publicacións en: Clínica e investigación en arteriosclerosis
Resumo
Smoking remains the leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Because of its clear influence on cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, it is an important factor in internal medicine consultations. Although the rate of smoking cessation has been increasing in recent years, there is a percentage of patients who continue to smoke because they are unable or unwilling to quit, despite having tried existing pharmacological and non-pharmacological therapies. For this group of patients there are strategies based on interventions aimed at reducing the negative effects of smoking without the need for complete cessation. In this review it is shown that due to the absence of combustion of organic matter in conventional cigarettes, snus, e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products generate significantly lower levels of toxic substances.