Abstract
In this issue of the journal, Chen et al. [1] report an association between increased intima-media thickness (IMT) of the carotid artery and second-hand smoke (SHS) exposure in non-smoking adults. Furthermore, the SHS exposure in childhood showed a relatively stronger association with increased carotid IMT than the exposure in adulthood. In another recent report, children of parents that smoke had increased risk of developing carotid atherosclerotic plaque in adulthood [2]. The same study group have previously demonstrated that exposure to parental smoking in childhood was associated with lower endothelial-dependent flow-mediated dilatation [3] and higher carotid IMT [4] in adulthood.
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