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Secondhand smoke linked to peripheral artery disease in ...
American Heart — Secondhand smoke linked to peripheral artery disease in women DALLAS, Sept. 23 - Secondhand smoke significantly increased the risk of women developing peripheral artery disease (PAD) in a Chinese study, researchers reported in Circulation: ...More…
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Secondhand Smoke
Kids Health — Experts now know that breathing in someone else's secondhand smoke is hazardous to our health. Find out what you can do about it. Emma's friend Megan lights up a cigarette every chance she gets - while she's cruising around with their friends ...More…
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Children and Secondhand Smoke Exposure
Centers for Disease Control — On September 18, 2007, the Surgeon General reemphasized that secondhand smoke causes premature death and disease in children and that US children are more heavily exposed to secondhand smoke than nonsmoking adults. The 2006 Surgeon General's ...More…
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Secondhand Smoke
National Cancer Institute — Secondhand smoke (SHS), also known as environmental tobacco smoke, is a mixture of the sidestream smoke released by the smoldering cigarette and the mainstream smoke that is exhaled by the smoker. Like mainstream smoke, it is a complex mixture ...More…
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Toddlers affected most by secondhand smoke exposure at home
American Heart — COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., March 13 - Secondhand smoke in the home appears to induce markers for heart disease as early as the toddler years, researchers reported at the It has long been known that many forms of cardiovascular disease in adults are ...More…
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Search of: "secondhand smoke"
Clinical Trials — Behavioral: Secondhand Smoke Reduction, Smoking Cessation; Behavioral: Asthma Education with Secondhand Smoke Reduction Behavioral: Counseling sessions and an educational pamphlet and a sticker Reduction of Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) ...More…
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Secondhand Smoke Exposure in the Home
The home is the place where children are most exposed to secondhand smoke and a major location of secondhand smoke exposure for adults. Children who live in homes where smoking is allowed have higher levels of cotinine (a biological marker of ...More…
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Secondhand Smoke
Environmental Protection Agency — Secondhand smoke, also known as Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS), consists of exhaled smoke from smokers and side stream smoke from the burning end of a cigarette, cigar or pipe. Secondhand smoke contains more than 4,000 substances, including ...More…
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Secondhand Smoke and Children Fact Sheet
American Lung Association — Infants and young children are especially susceptible: their lungs are still developing and childhood exposure to secondhand smoke results in decreased lung function. Children who breathe secondhand smoke are more likely to suffer from cough, ...More…
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Secondhand Smoke Fact Sheet
American Lung Association — Secondhand smoke, also know as environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), is a mixture of the smoke given off by the burning end of a cigarette, pipe or cigar and the smoke exhaled from the lungs of smokers. It is involuntarily inhaled by nonsmokers, ...More…
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Cancer Trends Progress Report - Secondhand Smoke
National Cancer Institute — A profile of the nation's current cancer risks, rates, and mortality, as well as progress toward their reduction A Service of the National Cancer Institute with support from Also in this Section Age at Smoking Initiation Doctors and Dentists ...More…
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Health Effects of Exposure to Secondhand Smoke
Environmental Protection Agency — The National Survey on Environmental Management of Asthma and Children's Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke. Secondhand smoke is a mixture of the smoke given off by the burning end of a cigarette, pipe, or cigar, and the smoke exhaled by ...More…