Smoking and Cardiovascular Disease

Follow the links below to find information about smoking and its role in cardiovascular diseases, including stroke and heart disease.

Reviewed December 2011

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Title:   Stroke - the risk factors
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Risk factors for a stroke include high blood pressure, cigarette smoking and diabetes. Many strokes are avoidable and are caused by unhealthy diet and lifestyle choices. The most common type of stroke is ischaemic stroke, caused by the interruption of blood to the brain when a blood clot blocks an artery or blood vessel.
Date:   Nov 2011
Title:   Early death - how to reduce your risk
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   You can help reduce your risk of early death by making a few simple lifestyle changes. Smoking, high blood cholesterol, alcohol misuse, obesity and physical inactivity are all risk factors for premature death. Smoking is the most risky behaviour. Hypertension causes many diseases including stroke, artery disease and renal failure.
Date:   Feb 2011
Title:   The link between chronic disease and lifestyle
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The relationship between lifestyle risk factors and some specific chronic diseases and conditions.
Date:   Sep 2010
Title:   Smoking and heart disease
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Cigarette smoking is a major cause of heart attack, stroke and peripheral arterial disease. Nearly 40 per cent of all people who die from smoking tobacco do so due to heart and blood vessel disease. A smoker's excess risk of heart attack reduces rapidly after only one year of not smoking.
Date:   Mar 2010
Title:   Heart disease: reduce the risk - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   You can reduce your risk of heart disease by following a few sensible steps. Here's how.
Date:   Aug 2009
Title:   Lifestyle management of hypertension
Publisher:   National Prescribing Service
Description:   Recently updated Australian guidelines recommend that advice on smoking, nutrition, alcohol use, physical activity and body weight should be part of routine management of hypertension for all patients, regardless of drug therapy.
Date:   Dec 2008
Title:   Psychosocial interventions for smoking cessation in patients with coronary heart disease
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Smoking is a risk factor for coronary heart disease and stopping smoking lowers that risk. Psychosocial smoking cessation interventions such as behavioural therapy, telephone support and self-help materials are effective in helping coronary heart diseas...
Date:   Oct 2007
Title:   Brain health in old age - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Find out which strategies can help you keep your brain active and your memory sharp into old age.
Date:   Apr 2007
Title:   Smoking cessation for the secondary prevention of coronary heart disease
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Smoking is harmful for the heart and circulation. People who have had a heart attack or cardiac surgery are at increased risk of further life-threatening heart problems, including death from heart attack. The review found strong evidence that quitting s...
Date:   Aug 2003
Title:   Heart health - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   A healthy heart can help to ensure a long, full life. Learn how you can improve your heart health through dieting, exercising and giving up smoking.
Date:   Mar 2003
Title:   Cardiac rehabilitation guideline
Publisher:   New Zealand Guidelines Group (NZGG)
Description:   Guidelines for best practice cardiac rehabilitation in New Zealand. They apply primarily to patients with coronary heart disease, and specifically those following an acute coronary syndrome (acute myocardial infarction/unstable angina) and following coronary bypass surgery and angioplasty.The guidelines are aimed at all health professionals working in cardiac rehabilitation, primary care providers and health information services.
Date:   Aug 2002
Title:   How to keep your blood pressure healthy
Publisher:   Multicultural Health Communication Service (NSW)
Description:   Why high blood pressure harms health.
Date:   Sep 1997
Title:   Preventing stroke: is it time to change your lifestyle?
Publisher:   Multicultural Health Communication Service (NSW)
Description:   How diet and exercise can help prevent stroke.
Date:   Sep 1996

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