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. 1989 Aug;151(2):220–228.

Clove cigarettes. The basis for concern regarding health effects.

T L Guidotti, L Laing, U B Prakash
PMCID: PMC1026937  PMID: 2773482

Abstract

The smoking of clove cigarettes has been associated with 13 cases of serious illness in the United States, including hemorrhagic pulmonary edema, pneumonia, bronchitis, and hemoptysis. We describe a patient in whom, after she smoked a clove cigarette, pneumonia complicated by lung abscess developed. Her lung disease may have been caused by aspiration pneumonia as a consequence of pharyngolaryngeal anesthesia from clove cigarette smoke. Clove cigarettes appeal to adolescents experimenting with smoking practices and may influence the development of later smoking habits.

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