Negative Health Effects of Secondhand Smoking: Heart Disease Eric L. Johnson, M.D. Assistant Professor Department of Family and Community Medicine University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences Assistant Medical Director Altru Diabetes Center
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Negative Health Effects of Secondhand Smoking:
Heart DiseaseEric L. Johnson, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Family and Community Medicine
University of North Dakota
School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Assistant Medical Director
Altru Diabetes Center
Smoking Causes Death
Smoking causes approximately• 90% of all lung cancer deaths in men• 80% of all lung cancer deaths in women• 90% of deaths from chronic obstructive lung
disease (COPD)
CDC
Smoking Causes DeathCompared with nonsmokers smoking
increases risk of—• Coronary heart disease by 2 to 4 times• Stroke by 2 to 4 times• Men developing lung cancer by 23 times• Women developing lung cancer by 13 times• Dying from chronic obstructive lung diseases
(COPD) by 12 to 13 times
CDC
Tobacco Use in North Dakota
• ~116,000 ND adults and ~8,000* HS students smoke cigarettes
• ~20,000 ND adults and ~3,800^ HS students use spit tobacco
-HS students:*26% in 2003, 27% in 2005, 22% in 2007
^10% in 2003, 12.7% in 2005, 10.2% in 2007
(BRFSS 2008)(BRFSS 2008)
(YRBS 2005,2007)(YRBS 2005,2007)
However, today our focus on not on negative health effects on the smoker…..
Secondhand Smoke(Passive Smoking)
• Negative effects of smoke on people who aren’t doing the smoking
• No longer speculation that this is dangerous for those exposed to secondhand smoke