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qtse(~L"¢d ) Annuccl. M¢&nR , Awj;c.~ ~u b! ~ ~k~ Assa-.iaT~Dv% , Cocdzr 4, Aygt;) , Michael J. s~i (,'. Hunt PhiLs aQ yDli7niYSrsiiy-C Qcr-& _Y ~ ms.ND fUn i Q. •//V YF•11MM!0DMI.7[ 3411 df714tID) QU jNC3tEASED I]VCTIredCE oF HEART ATTACKS IN N(S?1W= WOMEN MARRIED TO SMC}KERS. 'lo ibvestigatc the nicidencc of beari attaclrs in never-smoking women cxpbtM tb ewiron7nental tobacco imokci ih~; iuthM Palrud data collected frcnn 18,344 .,nts (9,172 rpouse pairs) of Utah high school utudcnts. Eich parmzt bad ban a;kcd to M port on 1'ils os hes own health history, inetu'di»g tlfc oceunznee and ige of oneet of a laeart artack, etrckc, coronuy hypPsz turgery, , hypertension, diabetes, and cancer. AU never-smoking women (N- 7,115) who were bcta+een the ages of 30 and 39'tmd for wbcm t"ncrc was inforrnatioavn the husband's s,mobng:tatus were includz6 in 6e current study. There were 941 women married to currcnt smokers, 09 women martif,d tb f8l4iei m©Ym, lAd 5214 women matricd to nevcrr-smokert, A total of 23 beart attacks were reportud by these women. Compucd to wosncn married to never- s,roa.Crs, th:c womr:n marricd to curTSnt smokers wc7e 4.4 (pc.01) timts as hkely to hatre had ri heart attack, When a proportional haz.uds raode.l was uud to control for other known rick factors {family h3ttory of CHD, hygeztcnaiott, ~'iiabc;tcs, wcight, alcohol fntake, md unount of excrase) the rclarive risY: rv;Ls stil13.4 (p <.01). 'Ihcre seemed to be an increased risk ariZh in inCCCa'lod hcngih et Gxpwsm; wo= married to former unoiccnz had less of ta incre;esed risk (RRs 1.9) than xomea married to current anojcea (RR-4.4). 'Y'6ese retultt suggestthat.vomcn mairied to tmokett have an iyicrt:aasd risk of heart attukt as a sr.sult of exposure to ravuonmaital mbatCOO cmolcc.