Smoking and Cardiovascular Disease

Links to information about smoking and its role in cardiovascular diseases, including stroke and heart disease.

Created October 2007

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Title:   Smoking and heart disease
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Cigarette smoking is a major cause of heart attack, stroke and peripheral arterial disease. Smoking kills more than 15,000 Australians a year or more than 40 Australians each day. Nearly 40 per cent of all people who die from smoking tobacco do so due to heart and blood vessel disease.
Date:   Sep 2008
Title:   Psychosocial interventions for smoking cessation in patients with coronary heart disease
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Psychosocial smoking cessation interventions such as behavioural counselling, telephone support and self-help interventions are effective in helping people with coronary heart disease stop smoking. Smoking is a risk factor for coronary heart disease and...
Date:   Oct 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:   Death - reduce the risk of early death
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   The 2001 update of the Victorian Burden of Disease Study identified the most common causes of illness among Victorians. Many of these diseases and deaths can be prevented. Preventing smoking, high blood cholesterol, obesity, and physical inactivity reduce your risk of disease and early death.
Date:   Jul 2007
Title:   Stroke - the risk factors
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   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. Many strokes are avoidable and are caused by unhealthy diet and lifestyle choices. Lifestyle risk factors include high blood pressure, cigarette smoking and diabetes.
Date:   Feb 2008
Title:   Heart health
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:   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:   New Zealand cardiovascular guidelines: handbook for primary care practitioners
Publisher:   New Zealand Guidelines Group (NZGG)
Description:   This is a condensed version of the advice contained in six recent guidelines (cardiovascular risk, diabetes, stroke, atrial fibrillation, cardiac rehabilitation and smoking cessation).
Date:   Jun 2005
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:   Heart disease: reduce the risk
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   You can reduce your risk of heart disease by following a few sensible steps. Here's how.
Date:   Jul 2006
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
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:   Oct 2008
Title:   Cardiac rehabilitation
Publisher:   New Zealand Guidelines Group (NZGG)
Description:   This guideline summarises the most up to date New Zealand and overseas evidence applying to coronary bypass and angioplasty patients and makes recommendations for health professionals working in cardiac rehabilitation, primary care providers and health information services.
Date:   Aug 2002
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