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~ ~V H A W A I I D E P A H T M E N T O F H E A L T H / ~ `n. ; ~ i ~ Fact Sheet ~ . _ _ ~ ~ Environmental ~ , Tobacco Smoke (ETS) and Heart Disease Heart Disease s 40.8 % o - (4ffi Ooaths)-' ~ ' Health Risks from , > ~ - TObaCCO' Smoke Lung Cancer s ~ ,I " 31.4 % _ ' 1 ^ (371 Deaths) ~ ~ .,i ¦ The Surgeon General has concluded /O that nonsmokers who inhale tobacco Hesplraiory a ~ .smoke greatly increase their risk of omer Diseases ~ ' n.~% heart disease, lung and other Izos Deama) N , cancers, and respiratory disease. ~ ~ ~ Other Cancer ' 10.2 % ' ° , ~ ^ ¦ Heart dlSeaSe IS the mOSt ~ (120 Doalhs) ~ , ~ " - common cause of^death in ~ ~ 1 ` ' ~ Hawai'i as well as in the nation. 3~-~/~ ' ~ .Experts estimate that ETS causes ten ~ ° " e ~,1"° ~,1-,. ` ~ ~ ~ times more deaths from heart disease ~,-s ~ / i ithan from lung cancer. ¦ All compounds found 4o damage the ~ ~ ~ j ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ blood vessels of active smokers have , , ¦ Inhaling tobacco smoke, whether been ide'ntitied in ETS. , , ~ ^ 'through smoking or indirectly, may be ~ the most important risk factor in heart ' / . ¦ Living with a smoker increases one's ~ ' 1 disease since its' impact on survival is risk of dying from. heart disease by' ~ ; _ 7 so severe. about 2O'percent. Heart disease: ~ i, ' ~ ~ related deaths among nonsmokers;.- ' ¦ • Tobacco smoke damages the walls of F ' ` ' , whose spouses smoked is higher than' .r " cororary arteries and causes, ' / ~ - ~ - ~ ,among those whose mates did hot., 4i f 'ri ;atherosclerosis,-making ETSone of ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ , ~ (rthe most important risk factors in ~ ~ ~ • ~ coronary artery disease. ' ¦ Short term exposure to ETS such as '";1' sitting in a smoky room, can cause.. r increases in both heart rate and blood \ ¦ Breathing tobacco smoke leads to the pressure..In persons with angina due - S formation of fatty deposits called rto coronary artery disease, chest pain ~ ~ plaque that restriot or block the flow of ~ ~ ;I develops more quickly, in response to Y ; blood and ca,n activate the blood- ETS exposure. ~ / , . / clotting system which can lead to ~ ~ . ~ 1 ~ References: - ~ . - r ~ heart attaClCS. Hawaii Vital Records, 1995 I ~ ' ~ Surgeon Generals Report, 1989. ' / . ; ~ ~ Olfice of Smoking and Health, Centers br D,sease Controb ~ ~ ~ and Prevenllon. ~ i ' q"a~ C , - - / ~ ~ ' - Harvard Head Letter, Harvard Medical School, August 1991 ` 1 _ f ~ 1 / 10/86 HPEB - ~~1., 1 'ii Fact Sheet 2 ~ ~ ~ ~ r 1i i.