translate English to French: The US Surgeon General’s report on the health benefits of smoking cessation concluded that the risk of CHD among former smokers is cut in half after just one year of cessation.16 Former smokers show some residual long-term elevated risk that declines over time.4,16 It seems reasonable to assume that similar risk declines in nonsmokers would occur when exposure to ETS ceases.
Il semble raisonnable de présumer qu’un phénomène semblable s’observerait chez les non-fumeurs qui cesseraient d’être exposés à la FTA. Une telle interprétation est confirmée par des études de cohortes prospectives selon lesquelles le risque de CI est plus élevé chez les non-fumeurs vivant avec des fu-