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Smoking, Secondhand Smoke, and Cardiovascular Disease
, 2007 Smoking is the leading cause of preventable cardiovascular disease (CVD). Epidemiologic and biologic evidence consistently demonstrates that smokers have an increased risk of CVD compared to nonsmokers. Both cardiac and extracardiac CVDs are more prevalent among smokers. Secondhand smoke is an important cause of CVD in nonsmokers. Secondhand smoke
Joaquin Barnoya, Stanton A. Glantz
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Is Exposure to Secondhand Smoke Child Abuse? No [PDF]
The Annals of Family Medicine, 2015 Children should be protected from the toxic effects of secondhand smoke. Cigarette smoking is dangerous for the fetuses of pregnant mothers and, as a growing number of studies show, environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) is a significant correlate with childhood illness and mortality.1 As with any parental behavior that does not maximize child well-being ...
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Tobacco Prevention and Cessation, 2019 Introduction Pregnant women are often exposed to secondhand smoke that affects them and their child. Our aim was to determine the effectiveness of family counselling using the BASNEF model on reducing exposure to secondhand smoke at home among pregnant ...
Farzaneh Soltani +4 more
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Tobacco Use InsightsIn June of 2024, I was asked by the Environmental Health Officer of Galway, Ireland, to recount my endeavors in support of the 2002 push to ban smoking in Irish workplaces, led by The Office of Tobacco Control (OTC) for The Republic of Ireland.
James L. Repace
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Indian Journal of Community and Family Medicine, 2022 Suneela Garg, Akash Deep Sharma
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European Journal of Health Policy, Humanization of Care and Medical EthicsSecondhand smoke (SHS) is the smoke produced when tobacco products – such as cigarettes – are burned; SHS is harmful to health. This study assesses secondhand smoke exposure at home in a representative sample of adults in Poland and identifies factors ...
Mateusz Jankowski
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Association between secondhand smoking in the home and respiratory morbidity in preschool children
Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USPOBJECTIVE Identifying the prevalence of secondhand smoking in the home and its association with morbidity and hospitalization from respiratory causes in preschool children.
Cecília Helena de Siqueira Sigaud +2 more
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BMC Pregnancy and ChildbirthBackground The association of secondhand smoke exposure during pregnancy with childhood cardiac alterations remains insufficiently elucidated. This study aims to explore the correlation between maternal passive smoking during gestation with cardiac ...
Bo Wang +13 more
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PLoS ONEBackgroundFew studies have globally assessed the cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality burden attributable to secondhand smoke. We aimed to address this research gap.MethodsWe used a systematic analysis design using data from the Global Burden of ...
Juan Dong +3 more
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Marijuana, Secondhand Smoke, and Social Acceptability [PDF]
JAMA Internal Medicine, 2018 Glantz, Stanton A +2 more
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