University of Kentucky
We have known for decades that smoking tobacco is bad for your health. Quitting smoking is probably the single best change a person can make, not only for the prevention of heart disease, but for their overall health.
Smoking is likely the cause of one out of four deaths from heart disease, and plays a major role in the development of atherosclerosis (plaque formation and hardening of the arteries). Smoking is also a major risk factor for over a dozen cancers and is the cause of nine out of 10 cases of lung cancer…