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Describes the effect of secondhand smoke on circulation and the heart, and provides a bibliography
of relevant research.
http://www.ocat.org/healtheffects/heartdisease.html
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Online NewsHour: Second Hand Smoke
Interview with researcher on effect of secondhand smoke on heart health.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/health/may97/smoking_5-20.html
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Environmental tobacco smoke exposure and ischaemic heart disease: an evaluation of the evidence
Article from the British Medical Journal.
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/315/7114/973
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Secondhand smoke and schaemic heart disease: an evaluation of the evidence
Analysis of 19 epidemiological studies shows that people who have never smoked have 30% greater
risk of ischaemic heart disease if they live with a smoker.
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/abstract/315/7114/973?ijkey=zdKc.10Ii15r6
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Unfavorable Effects of Passive Smoking on Aortic Function
Report in Annals of Internal Medicine. Research directly measured effects of secondhand smoke on
blood vessels.
http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/128/6/426
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Secondhand Smoke as a Cause of Atherosclerotic Disease
Article in a medical journal summarizes the research findings that secondhand smoke causes heart
disease that may be irreversible.
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/short/279/2/157
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Acute Effects of Passive Smoking on the Coronary Circulation in Healthy Young Adults
Recent research shows that even brief exposure to secondhand smoke affects heart health.
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/short/286/4/436
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NEJM -- Passive Smoking and the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease -- A Meta-Analysis of Epidemiologic Studies
Review of the scientific literature finds that passive smoking is consistently associated with an
increased risk of heart disease across a wide variety of studies.
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/340/12/920
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Six-month Public Smoking Ban Slashes Heart Attack Rate in Community
In the first study of its kind, researchers have found that the number of heart attack victims
admitted to a regional hospital dropped by nearly 60 percent during the first six months that a
smoke-free ordinance was in effect in the community.
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2003-04/uoc--sps032603.php
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Cardiovascular Dangers of Passive Smoking
What secondhand smoke does to cholesterol, the heart, the blood, and the arteries.
http://www.heartinfo.com/search/display.asp?Id=913&header=T_know.gif&caller=
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Passive Smoking and Heart disease: Epidemiology, Physiology, and Biochemistry
Review of the scientific literature outlines the mechanisms and documents the risk (the third
leading preventable cause of death in America).
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=1984876&....
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Secondhand Smoke a First-Rate Danger
Secondhand smoke is now recognized as a significant cardiovascular health hazard; summary of
findings of 18 recent research studies.
http://www.heartinfo.com/search/display.asp?Id=258&header=T_know.gif&caller=
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Environmental Tobacco Smoke
American Heart Association: secondhand smoke causes heart disease and nearly doubles the risk of
heart attack.
http://216.185.112.5/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4521
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One Half Hour of Passive Smoking Damages Heart
News report on research research that shows that breathing secondhand smoke for just 30 minutes can
damage the heart.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/smoking/Story/0,2763,526991,00.html
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Passive Smoking and Cardiovascular Risk
Paper covers animal studies, human studies.
http://www.lipidforum.at/Wissenschaft/Experten/kritz1.htm
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Secondhand Smoke and Acute Coronary Syndromes
Research finds that even small exposures to secondhand smoke can damage health and even kill.
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/2/9
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Passive Smoking and Heart Disease: Mechanisms and Risk
Review of the literature concludes "the effects of secondhand tobacco smoke on the
cardiovascular system are not caused by a single component of the smoke, but rather are caused by
the effects of many elements, including carbon monoxide, nicotine, polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons, and others".
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=m&form=6&uid=7897790&Dopt=r
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Epidemiologic Studies of Fatal and Nonfatal Cardiovascular Disease and ETS Exposure from Spousal Smoking
"The evidence linking heart disease and ETS exposure from a spouse has become substantially
stronger since OSHA first proposed including heart disease in its risk assessment of ETS in
1994".
http://ehpnet1.niehs.nih.gov/docs/1999/suppl-6/841-846thun/abstract.html
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Passive Tobacco Smoke And Heart Disease
Summary of recent research showing that secondhand smoke causes more heart disease than cancer.
http://www.heartdisease.about.com/library/news/blnws01031.htm
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CNN - Study: Passive smoke an even greater risk
New research provides some of the strongest evidence yet that constant exposure to passive smoke
nearly doubles the risk of heart attack and death in non-smokers.
http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/9705/19/nfm.passive.smoke/index.html
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Repace Associates - Secondhand Smoke and Cardiovascular Disease
Reviews the literature up to most recent publications; presents summary and graphs results for
major research items.
http://www.repace.com/fact_cardio.html
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Science News Online: Secondhand Smoke Carries High Price
"Scientists have taken the guesswork out of determining how much damage secondhand smoke does
to a person's arteries. It's about 40 percent as much as smoking does, a new study finds."
Large study (10,914 people) done at Wake Forest University.
http://www.sciencenews.org/sn_arc98/1_17_98/fob1.htm
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Exposure to secondhand smoke increases heart attacks
Summary of a Johns Hopkins study. 32,000 women were tracked over 10 years. Those exposed to
secondhand smoke were 91% more likely to have a heart attack.
http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH?d=dmtICNNews&c=36866&p=~br,AET|~st,408|~r,WSAET001....
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Passive Smoking and the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease
A meta-analysis of epidemiologic Studies published in the New England Journal of Medicine indicates
secondhand smoke causes heart attack, atherosclerosis or hardening of the arteries, congestive
heart failure and other cardiovascular problems.
http://216.185.112.5/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3172
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Tobacco and Cardiovascular Disease
Section on secondhand smoke and heart disease.
http://www.wvdhhr.org/bph/cvd/page1.htm
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Secondhand smoke nearly doubles a woman's risk of having a heart attack
According to the largest study ever conducted on the issue.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/tobacco/stories/secondhand.htm
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Secondhand Smoke Breaks Down Blood Vessel
Research results: After spending only 30 minutes in a smoke-filled room, participants in a study
had losses in their blood levels of antioxidants.
http://www.pslgroup.com/dg/7e57a.htm
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Secondhand Smoke Ups Heart Attack Risk
Nonsmoking individuals living with heavy smokers have four times the risk of heart attack compared
with those who live in smoke-free environments, according to a study.
http://www.cliving.org/NEWS/MARCH98/SECONDHA.HTM
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ETS exposure increases heart attack risk
ETS may be responsible for as many as 40,000 heart attacks a year. 13 of 14 recent epidemiological
studies have shown an increased risk for coronary heart disease.
http://ash.org/dangers/heartattack.html
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