The recent article in Circulation on passive smoking by Glantz and Parmley'addresses a
very important issue-an estimate of adult mortality from heart disease attributable to …

Objective.—This paper reviews the evidence that exposure to environmental tobacco smoke
(ETS) increases the risk of heart disease death among persons who have never smoked …

A possible relationship between passive smoking and coronary heart disease has been
widely debated during the past decade. Convincing evidence links environmental (passive) …

The effects of passive smoking on ischemic heart disease are reviewed. Short-term
exposures of 20 min to 8 h result in increased platelet sensitivity and decreased ability of the …

2. He J, Vupputuri S, Allen K, Prerost MR, Hughes J, Whelton PK. Passive smoking and the
risk of coronary heart disease—a meta-analysis of epidemiologic studies. N Engl J Med …

The evidence that ETS increases risk of death from heart disease is similar to that which
existed in 1986 when the US Surgeon General concluded that ETS caused lung cancer in …

Although the number of cardiovascular deaths associated with environmental tobacco
smoke cannot be predicted with absolute certainty, the available evidence indicates that …

Objective.—Recent clinical, laboratory, and epidemiological evidence that passive smoking
causes heart disease was reviewed, with particular emphasis on understanding the …

This is a comment on" Passive and active smoking. A problem for adults." Circulation. 1996
Aug 15; 94 (4): 596-8. This is a comment on" Environmental tobacco smoke and coronary …

Nearly everything that can be said about smoking and heart disease has been. The
literature is now so large and so confusing that there is little hope of ever compressing it into …