Passive smoking causes irreversible damage to kids' arteries

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Passive smoking causes irreversible damage to kids' arteries

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/passive-smoking-causes-irreversible-damage-kids-arteries-001008222--sector.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/PMCK8dc3IS1X1PLllK5qYg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-03-05T001008Z_1_CBREA2400H000_RTROPTP_2_SPAIN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Employee of a bank smokes a cigarette at his workplace in Pontevedra" align="left" title="Employee of a bank smokes a cigarette at his workplace in Pontevedra" border="0" /></a>By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Exposure to second-hand smoke in childhood causes irreversible damage to children's arteries - increasing their risk of heart attacks or strokes when they grow up, according to a large international study published on Wednesday. The research, which lends weight to campaigns for smoking to be banned in private cars and homes, found passive smoking leads to a thickening of children's artery walls, adding some 3.3 years to the age of blood vessels by adulthood.</p><br clear="all"/>

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