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Smoking and Heart Disease

Kick the habit for good
Smoking is one of the major risk factors for heart disease, and stopping at any stage reduces further risk. Find some hints on how to kick the habit.

Tobacco and Smoking
An informative page from the American Heart Association on the harmful effects of tobacco.

Check your smoking I.Q.
Test your knowledge about the bad effects of smoking on your heart.

American Heart Association Stop Smoking Page
The AHA site has a list of resources and articles that will help you give up smoking and improve your heart disease risk factor score.

Smoking and Angioplasty
It's never too late to stop. Studies have shown that stopping smoking after balloon angioplasty boosts the survival rate of the procedure.

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