High Blood Pressure and Smoking ::-
Did you know that smoking and heart disease are related? Or that smoking increases blood pressure? Most people associate cigarette smoking with breathing problems and lung cancer. But people who smoke are more also likely to develop hypertension and heart disease.
About 30% of all deaths from heart disease in the U.S. are directly related to cigarette smoking. That's because smoking is a major cause of coronary artery disease , especially in younger people.
A person's risk of heart attack greatly increases with the number of cigarettes he orshe smokes and the longer a person smokes, the greater their risk of heart attack. People who smoke a pack of cigarettes a day have more than twice the risk of heart attack than non-smokers.
Women who smoke and also take birth control pills increase several times their risk of heart attack, stroke, and peripheral vascular disease.
Did you know that smoking and heart disease are related? Or that smoking increases blood pressure? Most people associate cigarette smoking with breathing problems and lung cancer. But people who smoke are more also likely to develop hypertension and heart disease.
About 30% of all deaths from heart disease in the U.S. are directly related to cigarette smoking. That's because smoking is a major cause of coronary artery disease , especially in younger people.
A person's risk of heart attack greatly increases with the number of cigarettes he orshe smokes and the longer a person smokes, the greater their risk of heart attack. People who smoke a pack of cigarettes a day have more than twice the risk of heart attack than non-smokers.
Women who smoke and also take birth control pills increase several times their risk of heart attack, stroke, and peripheral vascular disease.
