------------------------------------------------- To Join: St. Paul Issues Forum Rules Discussion Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------- Will new evidence on the effect of second hand smoking change Kelly's mond about vetoing the ordinance and supporting the health of consumers and workers in the restaurant and bar industry? The evidence shows that second hand smoking is TWICE AS DANGEROUS as previously thought. This is hard evidence, measured over a 20 year period, following 2000 nonsmokers.
This story was on ABC news tonight. See http://abcnews.go.com/sections/WNT/MedicineCuttingEdge/secondhand_smoking_040629.html "Responsible for 80,000 Heart Attacks "They discovered nonsmokers exposed to secondhand smoke had up to a 60 percent greater risk of heart attacks � twice as much as previous studies had reported. It suggests secondhand smoke may be responsible for up to 80,000 heart attacks each year in the United States. "Another surprise from this study: You don't have to inhale much secondhand smoke to start experiencing the harmful effects on the heart, blood and blood vessels. "Those heart attacks occur with low levels of exposure and they occur very soon after people get exposed," said Stanton Glantz of the University of California at San Francisco, one of the country's leading researchers on the effects of tobacco. "Glantz said the study should come as a wake-up call to many communities "Passive smoking may be more dangerous than previously thought, raising the risk of heart disease among non-smokers by as much as 60 percent, according to a study in the British Medical Journal. ... "The 20-year study measured the effects of all sources of secondhand smoke -- including workplaces, bars, restaurants and living with a smoker -- based on blood levels of a nicotine byproduct called cotinine. ... " Some 35,000 non-smokers die each year in the U.S. from heart disease caused by passive smoking, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. " Non- smokers with the highest cotinine blood levels were 57 percent more likely to develop heart disease, while light smokers had a 66 percent higher risk. Both groups were measured against non- smokers with the lowest levels of cotinine. here is the link. http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000101&sid=a2bwQ93aL.FU&refer=japan -- Bob Treumann, Saint Paul Please Note: Replies to this email address all go to the trash except where the subject line contains a recognized mailing list identifier, such as [TCMETRO],[StPaul], MP-N ... _____________________________________________ NEW ADDRESS FOR LIST: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your password - visit: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul Archive Address: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/
