Passive smoking is risk factor for aortic arch calcification
Passive (or involuntary) smoking is exposure to secondhand smoke, also called “environmental” tobacco smoke. Such smoke is a mixture of smoke exhaled by smokers and smoke released from the smoldering cigarettes, cigars, pipes, etc.Different research shows that passive smoking increased the risk of aortic arch calcification.
According to, International Journal of Cardiology ,shows that, passive smoking is a risk factor for aortic arch calcification. Studies of passive smoking and AAC, especially in developing countries can generate important local evidence to raise awareness and support public health measure to protect non-smokers form passive smoking.
Article taken from: Passive smoking and aortic arch calcification in older Chinese never smokers: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study
International Journal of Cardiology, In Press, Corrected Proof, November 2009
Lin Xu, Chao Qiang Jiang, Tai Hing Lam, G Neil Thomas, Wei Sen Zhang, Kar Keung Cheng
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