Secondhand smoke ups heart disease in unique group of female nonsmokers -- Amish women

(University of Maryland Medical Center) New research at the University of Maryland School of Medicine finds that secondhand smoke tends to have somewhat different effects on men and women. The research, conducted in a Pennsylvania Amish community where virtually no women smoke, found that women who were exposed to secondhand smoke had a greater risk for cardiovascular disease, while men exposed to secondhand smoke tended to have a higher body mass index.

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