News American Heart Association Release National Center 7320 Greenville Avunue Dallas. Texas 75231 Re{yksh_ NOTE  EMBARGO: For NR 92-3990 (ETS) * A.mS EDT Hednesday more  information, For contact June 10 , 1992 Howard L= (214) Lewis 706-1340 Joe Marx (202) 822-9380 A.H.AS CALLS ENVIRONMENTAL TOBACCO  SHOKE HAJOR PREVENTABLE RISK FOR HEART DISEASE WASHINGTON June 10 The Amer ican Heart Association released scientific position paper today calIs Envirormental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) , that ]s0 known 5' ing , passTve smok major preventable cardiovascular disease cause and death nexs conference can Heart Association, sponsored by the Amer- the Lung Amer- Association and Amer can the can Cancer Society, unitedi as the Coalition on  Smoking OR HeaIth, scientists said free smoke envTronment should goa] our society_ Environmenta Tobacco Smoke and Cardiovascular Disease: Position Paper from the Cardiopu Imonary and Critical Care Council of the AHA, authored Co- Taylor , Ph_D. by Aubrey Doug Ias C. Johnson, M.D. Homayoun Kazemt , and M.D. The paper will be published as special report in the August issue of the AHA scientific journal Circulation_ The authors strongly support nationwide effort to eliminate a11 exposure to ETS. "This requires that ETS non-smokers treated 4s environmenta] toxin and ways shouId be deve loped to eliminate the exposure Of workers and the public to this heaIth hazard they conc lude Virgi] AHA President H_ Brown A.D , professor of medicine at Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta says, "As resu It of this paper Major part the AHA mission will educate the public about the dangers of ETS Adds Taylor professor and chairman of physiology at the University of South Alabama , Hobile "He know that non-smokers are at increased risk for nom heart disease ] because of This exposure other people Smoke_ inc ludes people who have no say the matter such children whose parents smoke. This alone that free environment Means smoke the home ic buildings pub] and the workplace shou Id be the our society everyone goa| Since the risk of cardiovascular disease is much higher in smokers with other risk factors_ non-smokers who have high blood pressure or highi blood more-
News Release American Heart Association National Center 7320 Greenville Avunue Dallas. Texas 75231 For Re{yksh_ NOTE  EMBARGO: A.mS EDT Hednesday June 10 , 1992 NR 92-3990 (ETS) * For more  information, contact Howard L= Lewis (214) 706-1340 Joe Marx (202) 822-9380 A.H.AS CALLS ENVIRONMENTAL TOBACCO  SHOKE HAJOR PREVENTABLE RISK FOR HEART DISEASE WASHINGTON June 10 The Amer ican Heart Association released scientific position paper today that calIs Envirormental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) , ]s0 known 5' passTve smok ing , major preventable cause cardiovascular disease and death nexs conference sponsored by the Amer- can Heart Association, the Amer- can Lung Association and the Amer can Cancer Society, unitedi as the Coalition on  Smoking OR HeaIth, scientists said smoke free envTronment should goa] our society_ Environmenta Tobacco Smoke and Cardiovascular Disease: Position Paper from the Cardiopu Imonary and Critical Care Council of the AHA, Co- authored by Aubrey Taylor , Ph_D. Doug Ias C. Johnson, M.D. and Homayoun Kazemt , M.D. The paper will be published as special report in the August issue of the AHA scientific journal Circulation_ The authors strongly support nationwide effort to eliminate a11 exposure non-smokers to ETS. "This requires that ETS treated 4s environmenta] toxin and ways shouId be deve loped to eliminate the exposure Of workers and the public to this heaIth hazard they conc lude AHA President H_ Virgi] Brown A.D , professor of medicine at Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta says, "As resu It of this paper Major part the AHA mission will educate the public about the dangers of ETS Adds Taylor professor and chairman of physiology at the University of South Alabama , Hobile "He nom know that non-smokers are at increased risk for heart disease because of exposure other people Smoke_ This inc ludes people who have no say the matter such children whose parents smoke. This alone Means that ] smoke free environment the home pub] ic buildings and the workplace shou Id be the goa| everyone our society Since the risk of cardiovascular disease is much higher in smokers with other risk factors_ non-smokers who have high blood pressure or highi blood more-