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» 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.
   http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/short/286/4/436

» 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.
   http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/9705/19/nfm.passive.smoke/index.html

» 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.
   http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/111/20/2684

» ETS exposure increases heart attack risk
   ETS may be responsible for as many as 40,000 heart attacks a year. 13 of 14 recent epidemiological studies have shown an increased risk for coronary heart disease.
   http://ash.org/dangers/heartattack.html

» Environmental tobacco smoke exposure and ischaemic heart disease: an evaluation of the evidence
   Article from the British Medical Journal.
   http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/315/7114/973

» Epidemiologic Studies of Fatal and Nonfatal Cardiovascular Disease and ETS Exposure from Spousal Smoking
   "The evidence linking heart disease and ETS exposure from a spouse has become substantially stronger since OSHA first proposed including heart disease in its risk assessment of ETS in 1994".
   http://ehpnet1.niehs.nih.gov/docs/1999/suppl-6/841-846thun/abstract.html

» 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.
   http://www.ocat.org/healtheffects/heartdisease.html

» 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.
   http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/340/12/920

» 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.
   http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2001/jul/25/smoking.health

» Online NewsHour: Second Hand Smoke
   Interview with researcher on effect of secondhand smoke on heart health.
   http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/health/may97/smoking_5-20.html

» 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).
   http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1984876?dopt=Abstract

» Passive Tobacco Smoke And Heart Disease
   Summary of recent research showing that secondhand smoke causes more heart disease than cancer.
   http://www.heartdisease.about.com/library/news/blnws01031.htm

» Repace Associates - Secondhand Smoke and Cardiovascular Disease
   Reviews the literature up to most recent publications; presents summary and graphs results for major research items.
   http://www.repace.com/fact_cardio.html

» Secondhand Smoke Breaks Down Blood Vessel
   Research results: After spending only 30 minutes in a smoke-filled room, participants in a study had losses in their blood levels of antioxidants.
   http://www.pslgroup.com/dg/7e57a.htm

» 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.
   http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/health/article1056000.ece

» 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.
   http://smokefreeoregon.com/bars/smokefacts/index.php

» Secondhand Smoke and Acute Coronary Syndromes
   Research finds that even small exposures to secondhand smoke can damage health and even kill.
   http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/2/9

» Secondhand Smoke and Heart Attacks
   Research finds that exposure to secondhand smoke increases incidence of heart attacks.
   http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/abstract/bmj.38055.715683.55v1

» 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.
   http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/short/279/2/157

» 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.
   http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2003-04/uoc--sps032603.php

» Tobacco and Cardiovascular Disease
   Section on secondhand smoke and heart disease.
   http://www.wvdhhr.org/bph/cvd/page1.htm

» Unfavorable Effects of Passive Smoking on Aortic Function
   Report in Annals of Internal Medicine. Research directly measured effects of secondhand smoke on blood vessels.
   http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/128/6/426

» 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.
   http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/tobacco/stories/secondhand.htm