Open AccessCardiovascular Effects of Secondhand Smoke
Author(s) -
Joaquín Barnoya,
Stanton A. Glantz
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.104.492215
Subject(s) - medicine , secondhand smoke , passive smoking , epidemiology , environmental health , smoke , arterial stiffness , tobacco smoke , coronary heart disease , cardiology , physiology , blood pressure , physics , meteorology
Secondhand smoke increases the risk of coronary heart disease by approximately 30%. This effect is larger than one would expect on the basis of the risks associated with active smoking and the relative doses of tobacco smoke delivered to smokers and nonsmokers.
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