In other health news, a new study compares ways of saving patients with cardiac arrest.

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"Exposure to tobacco smoke is a risk factor for cardiac disease already in adolescents, and that's why this study supports that children and adolescents need smoke-free environments."

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They also found that the number of livers donated after so-called cardiac deaths rose during the study period, and that those livers were more likely not to be used.

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Study results have ruled out cardiac risk in men with healthy tickers, but that fact didn't garner as much attention as the deaths.

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Eve Knight, from the British Cardiac Patients' Association, said the study highlighted the need for all hospitals to perform to the highest standards.

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