What You Need to Know About the Dangers of Smoking:

• Cigarette smoking accounts for 30% of all heart disease deaths.
  
• The carbon monoxide in the cigarette smoke increases the amount of cholesterol clogging the arteries.
  
• Smoking causes a stiffness in the walls of the arteries which is harmful to the artery and increases the risk for the artery to rupture.
  
• The nicotine in cigarettes can raise your blood pressure, heart rate, and the oxygen demand for muscles, especially the heart (the heart is a muscle).


• A coronary spasm may occur during smoking, which may lead to chest pain, and a heart attack.
  
• Blood clots more readily in smokers than in nonsmokers.
  
• Stop Smoking Today or Else You Will Lose Your Life.