Sentences with phrase «second hand smoke increases»

Even after birth, second hand smoke increases the risk.

Not exact matches

Betty McBride, director of policy at the British Heart Foundation (BHF), added: «Exposure to second - hand smoke by non-smokers for just half an hour is enough to damage the lining of the heart's arteries and increase the risk of a heart attack.

Establishing a relationship between low levels of second - hand smoke exposure and increased YLL offers further evidence that stricter legislation establishing smoke - free areas, together with education efforts in low - income and minority communities, is needed.

The results, published this month in the journal Carcinogenesis, provide a more accurate way to gauge second - hand smoke exposure than questionnaires, and present a strong case for more stringent limits on smoking and increased preventive screenings for those more likely to have been exposed to second - hand smoke.

«Using cotinine level to measure exposure to second - hand smoke has important public health implications, because increasing the scope of smoke - free environments would likely decrease cotinine levels in the general population and ultimately death,» said Emanuela Taioli, MD, PhD, Director of the Institute for Translation Epidemiology at Mount Sinai.

«Unknown exposure to second - hand smoke associated with increased mortality.»

Second - hand smoke increases the risk of coronary artery disease and acute myocardial infarction.

Considering that passive smoking exposes people to the same number of tobacco toxins as active smokers, coming into contact with second - hand smoke probably increases the risk of some of all of these complications as well.

Many studies have shown an increase in the accumulation of known carcinogens from second - hand cigarette smoke in our pets» bodily tissues.

In dogs, second - hand smoke has been linked to tumor formation in the lungs and an increase in nasal adenocarcinoma, particularly in long - nosed breeds.

Other factors that might increase cat cancer include toxins from the environment, second hand smoke, and environmental toxins.

There's a massive new study in Annals of Oncology by Wang, et al. that reports that second - hand smoke does not significantly increase lung cancer risk (in women.)

Project activities include increasing the number of providers who screen, advise, and refer patients to the North Carolina Quitline, distributing patient and provider education materials statewide, developing best - practice, sustainable, community based smoking cessation projects for women, pregnant women, and new moms, and creating continuity of care by focusing on the preconception, prenatal and perinatal periods, and including an emphasis on preventing postpartum relapse and eliminating second - hand smoke exposure.

Exposure to second - hand smoke increases the risk of children developing asthma and provokes more frequent asthma in children with asthma...

Tobacco use during pregnancy is associated with low birthweight and adverse perinatal health outcomes.2, 3 In children, exposure to second - hand smoke (SHS) from tobacco contributes to lower respiratory tract illness, otitis media and chronic middle ear effusion, 4,5 and is associated with an increased risk of childhood asthma.6, 7