How smoking and heart disease linked

 

Smoke contains chemicals that damage the lining of the blood vessels, producing inflammation and increasing fatty deposits in the arteries.

Ingredients like nicotine raise blood pressure, increase heart rate and also reduce oxygen flow to the tissues, according to medical research findings at Mulago hospital.

Smoking is a destructive lifestyle choice that doctors and other medical experts say that is highly addictive. Smoking and heart diseases have been linked to weight gain, weight-loss resistance, physical inactivity and excessive stress on the body.

Deaths resulting from cardiovascular disease could also be greatly reduced by simply eliminating smoking. The ministry of health also put a warning on all packets of cigarettes that ‘smoking is deadly.’

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