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Heart Attack Rates Would Plunge Without Passive Smoking
Getting rid of secondhand smoke could reduce the number of heart-disease related deaths in America by more than 500,000 over the next 25 years, reported scientists at the University of California, San Francisco, in May at the American Heart Association’s 7th Scientific Forum on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research in Washington, D.C.*
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Analyzing data from several major government-sponsored studies, including the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey and the Framingham Heart Study, Dr. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo and colleagues at UCSF estimated that passive smoking is responsible, each year, for about 32,400 heart attacks and about 21,000 heart-disease related deaths.
The key message, the UCSF scientist told attendees at the AHA conference, is that the dangers of passive smoking are very real. A nationwide passive smoking ban, they concluded, “would have a dramatic effect.”
Helping Loved Ones Quit
Have a family member, friend, or co-worker who smokes? It’s never easy broaching the subject of quitting smoking. Keep it positive, recommends Dr. Barbara Udell, "Lifestyle Coach" and smoking cessation counselor.
You might, Dr. Udell suggests, give them “When Smokers Quit,” prepared by the American Cancer Society. In just a few sentences, “When Smokers Quit” does a beautiful job of listing the many wonderful things that happen when you quit smoking.
New, Non-Invasive Angiography at Pritikin
There is a new type of angiography that is non-invasive. It does not require catheterization of coronary arteries, like traditional angiographies. This new angiography, called 64-Slice Fast CT Coronary Artery Angiography, is now being utilized by the physicians at the Pritikin Longevity Center. It is a risk-free, 10-second procedure that provides 360-degree imaging, which is not available with traditional angiographies.
WHEN SMOKERS QUIT
Just 20 minutes after you have smoked a cigarette, your body begins an ongoing series of beneficial changes:
20 minutes: Blood pressure drops to normal. Pulse rate drops to normal. Temperature of hands and feet increases to normal.
8 hours: Carbon monoxide level drops to normal. Oxygen level in blood increases to normal.
24 hours: Chance of heart attack decreases.
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