Long-term effects of smoking on the heart

You probably know about the relationship between smoking and lung cancer, but did you know smoking is also linked to heart disease, stroke and other chronic diseases?

How does smoking affect your heart rate

Smoking can increase your risk for cancer of the bladder, throat, mouth, kidneys, cervix and pancreas. Thinking about quitting? Look at the facts!

Why should you quit?

• Smoking is the most preventable cause of death and disability in the United States.

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• Almost one third of deaths from coronary heart disease are due to smoking and secondhand smoke.

• Smoking is linked to about 90% of lung cancer cases in the United States.

• Smoking rates overall are down, but too many adults still smoke, vape and use other forms of tobacco, especially between the ages of 21 and 34.

• Almost half of U.S.

  children ages 3-11 are exposed to secondhand smoke.

• On average, smokers die more than 10 years earlier than nonsmokers.
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• You can be one of the millions of people who successfully quit every year.

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