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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.
- Washington Post: Secondhand Smoke Linked to Increased Heart Attack Rate Article on a major study finding that high exposure to secondhand smoke nearly doubles a woman's risk of having a heart attack.
- Tobacco and Cardiovascular Disease Section on secondhand smoke and heart disease.
- Repace Associates - Secondhand Smoke and Cardiovascular Disease Reviews the literature up to most recent publications; presents summary and graphs results for major research items.
- Secondhand Smoke and Acute Coronary Syndromes Research finds that even small exposures to secondhand smoke can damage health and even kill.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Unfavorable Effects of Passive Smoking on Aortic Function Report in Annals of Internal Medicine. Research directly measured effects of secondhand smoke on blood vessels.
- 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.
- Cardiovascular Effects of Secondhand Smoke: Nearly as Large as Smoking Review of recent research finds the effects of secondhand smoke on the heart and cardiovascular system are nearly as bad as smoking itself.
- 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.
- 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).
- Secondhand Smoke Shortens Life One of the largest studies on secondhand smoke ever done finds that people who lived with a smoker die sooner than people who don't.
- One Half Hour of Passive Smoking Damages Heart News report on research that shows that breathing secondhand smoke for just 30 minutes can damage the heart.
- Environmental tobacco smoke exposure and ischaemic heart disease: an evaluation of the evidence Article from the British Medical Journal.
- 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.
- 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.