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By Richard N. Fogoros, M.D., About.com Guide to Heart Disease since 2000

Major cause of heart attack under 40? Smoking

Friday August 15, 2008
A new study shows that smoking is the major cause of heart attacks in people under 40 years of age. Read what this means - for younger smokers, and for those not so young - here.

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April 15, 2008 at 8:30 am
(1) gemma reilly says:

cooooooooooolllllllllllllllll

April 15, 2008 at 8:32 am
(2) sarah says:

i think that snoking is great to releave stress and i think that it is stupid that we cannot smoke wherever we want!

August 14, 2008 at 7:11 am
(3) Mother sister says:

well i am 37 yr female and just suffered a heart attack due to smoking. i’ve been smoking for 22 yrs and did it to myself. my whole life style must change. if you decide to understand that this is you hurting your body, you wouldn’t worry about where you should smoke!!! happy smoking or not!!! grown up!!!

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