Association of Passive Smoking by Husbands with Prevalence of Stroke among Chinese Women Nonsmokers

Growing evidence suggests that exposure to environmental tobacco smoke may have deleterious cardiovascular effects. Few studies have investigated environmental tobacco smoke exposure in relation to stroke. The authors examined the association between smoking by husbands and stroke prevalence among women nonsmokers in Shanghai, China, where two thirds of men but few women smoke. They analyzed baseline survey data (1997–2000) from a...