Characteristics of Smokers Compared With Nonsmokers in a Population of Healthy Young Adults, Including Observations on Family History, Blood Pressure, Heart Rate, Body Weight, Cholesterol and Certain Psychologic Traits

Article1 October 1960CHARACTERISTICS OF SMOKERS COMPARED WITH NONSMOKERS IN A POPULATION OF HEALTHY YOUNG ADULTS, INCLUDING OBSERVATIONS ON FAMILY HISTORY, BLOOD PRESSURE, HEART RATE, BODY WEIGHT, CHOLESTEROL AND CERTAIN PSYCHOLOGIC TRAITSCAROLINE BEDELL THOMAS, F.A.C.P.CAROLINE BEDELL THOMAS, F.A.C.P.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-53-4-697 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptWhether the habit of smoking tobacco is related to the development of hypertension or coronary heart disease has long been a subject for discussion. Recently, this controversy has come into sharper focus as the result of statistical studies of death rates in relationship to the smoking habits of large population groups in the United States and Great Britain.1, 2The finding that smokers, especially heavy smokers, have a higher mortality rate from coronary heart disease than do nonsmokers makes it important to determine whether those who smoke are fundamentally different from those who do not, or whether smokers and nonsmokers...Bibliography1. DollHill RAB: The mortality of doctors in relation to their smoking habits, Brit. M. J. 1: 1451, 1954. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. HammondHorn ECD: The relationship between human smoking habits and death rates: a follow-up study of 187,766 men, J. A. M. A. 155: 1316, 1954. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. MolishMolishThomas HBEECB: A Rorschach study of a group of medical students, Psychiatric Quart. 24: 744, 1950. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. 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