Cigarettes are the most important preventable cause of premature death in the United State. Most of those deaths are from heart disease, not cancer. The facts from the AHA.
ASH-UK Factsheet on smoking and chronic heart disease, arterial disease, aneurysms, vascular disease, and stroke.
Report on study in which the number of heart attack victims admitted to a regional hospital was found to have dropped by nearly 60 percent during the first six months that a smoke-free ordinance was in effect in the community.
Resent research finds that teen-agers and young adults who smoke have three times the level of plaque in a major artery as those who don't smoke.
Short section on smoking and the hart.
All tobacco products, including cigarettes, cigars, and pipes, cause stroke.
New research from one of the most comprehensive studies indicates that while most risks subside after quitting, some damage is not reversible.
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