Whether you know or not, you should hurt your lungs and prick your heart.
It is well known that smoking hurts the lungs, but the harm of smoking to the heart may not be well understood. There is such a set of data: Other studies have shown that smokers are 2.2 times more likely to suffer from coronary heart disease than non-smokers. Smoking only one cigarette a day increases the risk of coronary heart disease by 74% in men and 119% in women. So, how on earth is tobacco [sad]? We invited Professor Hu Dayi, a famous cardiovascular disease expert and president of the China Tobacco Control Association, to see what he said. The Three Steps of Tobacco [Sad] 1. Smoking (including second-hand smoke) will damage vascular endothelial function and participate in initiating atherosclerosis. Read More …