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- Title
Secondhand Smoke an Acute Heart Risk?: Critics Say Smoking Ban Study Inconclusive.
- Authors
Mitka, Mike
- Abstract
Reports on a warning from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention which found that people who are at risk for heart disease should avoid secondhand smoke. Warning which accompanied a study that found smoking bans at work and in public places may be associated with reducing the morbidity from heart disease; Example of reduced heart disease in Helena, Montana; Limitations of the study which are pointed out by critics;Current theories on why secondhand smoke would raise the chance for a myocardial infarction.
- Subjects
PREVENTION of heart diseases; TOBACCO smoke; CIGARETTE smokers; MYOCARDIAL infarction risk factors; CARDIOLOGY; CORONARY disease; SMOKING in the workplace; DISEASES
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2004, Vol 291, Issue 22, p2690
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.291.22.2690