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Secondhand Smoke Increases Risk Of Heart Attacks
Secondhand smoke can not only elevate possibility of heart attacks, but also exacerbate the health of those who have already suffered heart attacks. A new UK research team studied around 1,200 people who suffered heart attacks but didn’t smoke. 10% of these patients had spouses who smoked.
Cotinine, a breakdown product of nicotine, was used to measure the exposure of secondhand smoke. Including other possible risk factors, results showed that those who had a lot of exposure to secondhand smoke had high levels of cotinine, which indicated around 5 times the risk of dying during the study.
These results support the argument for protecting non-smokers from secondhand environmental smoke.
Source: Heart, September 2009.
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