Smoking And Heart Disease

Health Effects of Secondhand Smoke: Heart Disease
Describes the effect of secondhand smoke on circulation and the heart, and provides a bibliography of relevant research.

Environmental Tobacco Smoke
American Heart Association factsheet that states, "secondhand smoke is a major cause of cardiovascular disease and death which is preventable."

Tobacco Use Increases the Risk of Gum Disease
A lesser known effect of tobacco products: tooth and gum disease. With modern dental care, 80% of nonsmokers still have their own teeth at age 65; for smokers, ...

Quit Smoking
Quit Smoking Support

Smoking
Article for teens on smoking and its promotion by the tobacco industry.

Preventing Heart Disease - Smoking
Short section on smoking and the hart.

Second-Hand Smoke Nearly Doubles Risk Of Heart Attack, Death For Women
Based on a study of 32000 nurses; nurses who were regularly exposed to secondhand smoke by their co-workers or home companions had a 91% higher risk of a heart ...

Cigarette Smoking and Cardiovascular Diseases
Cigarettes are the most important preventable cause of premature death in the United State. Most of those deaths are from heart disease, not cancer.

Passive smoking
Summary of recent research showing that secondhand smoke causes more heart disease than cancer.

Passive smoking and heart disease. Epidemiology, physiology, and ...
Review of the scientific literature outlines the mechanisms and documents the risk (the third leading preventable cause of death in America).

Tobacco and Cardiovascular Disease
Section on secondhand smoke and heart disease.

NEJM -- Passive Smoking and the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease ...
Review of the scientific literature finds that passive smoking is consistently associated with an increased risk of heart disease across a wide variety of ...

Repace Associates - Secondhand Smoke and Cardiovascular Disease
Reviews the literature up to most recent publications; presents summary and graphs results for major research items.

ACS :: Women and Smoking
Features information and details about the increased risk for women to develop various cancers.

MedlinePlus: Smoking
Medical emphasis; factsheets, clinical trials, prevention/screening, news, organizations, statistics, particular populations.

 

 

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