Taking medical histories that assess the social behaviors of patients, and implementing intervention strategies as appropriate for those who report a positive history of tobacco and/or marijuana use, will not only improve patients oral health literacy, but oral health outcomes as well
Bergstrom J: Tobacco smoking and chronic destructive periodontal disease
This results in the activation of two degradation sequences (degrons) which induce proteasomal degradation of the degrons and the target [9]
Accessed February 18, 2014, Every year, there are approximately 46,000 deaths from heart disease in people who are current non-smokers.^[California Environmental Protection Agency
CONCLUSION Mounting evidence demonstrates that nicotine addiction can induce offensive, defensive, and carcinogenic processes in the GI tract