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Wednesday, Sep 23, 2009
Posted By:
Tobacco Free Nebraska
URL:
http://americanheart.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=808
Summary:
Even small amounts of smoke - such as from smoking a few cigarettes a day, inhaling someone else's tobacco smoke or breathing polluted air - increase the risk of death from cardiovascular disease (CVD), researchers report in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.
Full Article:
Even small amounts of smoke - such as from smoking a few cigarettes a day, inhaling someone else's tobacco smoke or breathing polluted air - increase the risk of death from cardiovascular disease (CVD), researchers report in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. Study highlights include:
* The negative effects of smoke on the cardiovascular system may occur at relatively low levels but they increase the risk of heart or stroke death.
* People smoking three or less cigarettes a day had about a 65% higher risk of death from cardiovascular disease.
* Those exposed to air pollution and secondhand smoke had a 20% to 30% higher risk of death from cardiovascular disease compared to those without exposure.
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