Review Article
Year: 2021 | Month: July | Volume: 8 | Issue: 7 | Pages: 410-419
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijrr.20210759
Consequences of the Adopted Fatal Addictive Duplet
Nikhil Kumar Vanjari1, Gajjela Sirichandana2, Asra Shaik2, Vallala Akhila2, Saini Sowmya2, Kanaparthi Sushrutha2, Akshima Gupta2, Gujjula Sandhya2, Myakala Soumya2
1Pharm-D, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Vaageswari College of Pharmacy, Karimnagar, Telangana.
2Pharm-D, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Vaageswari College of Pharmacy, Karimnagar, Telangana.
Corresponding Author: Gajjela Sirichandana
ABSTRACT
This review focus on strong association of smoking and alcohol use with a variety of adverse human health effects, most prominently with cancer and cardiovascular diseases and a number of negative outcomes as a risk factor for diseases and health impacts: crime, road incidence and for some, alcohol dependence. To keep track of alcohol consumption and smoking and its consequences and to raise awareness amongst the public and policy-makers, national monitoring systems to be developed. Tobacco smoking is highly prevalent throughout the world and is, perhaps, the greatest modifiable risk factor for increased morbidity and mortality. Physicians, Pharmacists, Nurses and other healthcare providers have substantial opportunities to influence the pattern of smoking and alcohol usage.
Keywords: Alcohol, Smoking, Coronary Heart Disease, Hepatotoxicity, Cancer, Atherosclerosis, Cytochrome P450 enzymes, Alcohol-Drug Interactions, Smoking-Drug Interactions, Smoking and Alcohol Cessation.
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