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

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/article/0,,8122-1063685,00.html

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=1984876&dopt=Abstract

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/smoking/Story/0,2763,526991,00.html

Passive Smoking and Cardiovascular Risk
- Paper covers animal studies, human studies.
- http://www.lipidforum.at/Wissenschaft/Experten/kritz1.htm

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

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

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

Science News Online: Secondhand Smoke Carries High Price
- "Scientists have taken the guesswork out of determining how much damage secondhand smoke does to a person's arteries. It's about 40 percent as much as smoking does, a new study finds." Large study (10,914 people) done at Wake Forest University.
- http://www.sciencenews.org/sn_arc98/1_17_98/fob1.htm

Passive Smoking and the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease
- A meta-analysis of epidemiologic Studies published in the New England Journal of Medicine indicates secondhand smoke causes heart attack, atherosclerosis or hardening of the arteries, congestive heart failure and other cardiovascular problems.
- http://216.185.112.5/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3172

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

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

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 Ups Heart Attack Risk
- Nonsmoking individuals living with heavy smokers have four times the risk of heart attack compared with those who live in smoke-free environments, according to a study.
- http://www.cliving.org/NEWS/MARCH98/SECONDHA.HTM

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