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Risk Analysis of: Young Women Smoking By Louise Eccles Smoking is the number one preventable cause of death in women in the United States. Of the more than 140,000 women who die prematurely from tobacco-related illnesses each year, 80 percent began smoking while they were adolescents. Ev...
The process of the disease is long and drawn out, beginning with the hardening of the arteries; this hardening step usually takes place when cholesterol, along with other fats, block and narrow the arteries. Blood clots then form in the body when the arteries narrow; this process is known as atherosclerosis. ... Another form of disease caused by smoking is coronary thrombosis. ... Coronary thrombosis is a blood clot in the arteries that are liable for the supply of the blood to the heart. Smoking causes 30% of deaths from coronary thrombosis. ...
Smoking is the principal cause for arteriosclerosis and hardened arteries and can cause thrombosis in the brain and heart. ... Coronary and cerebral thrombosis are the most common causes of sudden death. ... About 1/3 of all coronary thrombosis are due to smoking. ... Heart Patients Have Everything to Gain Cardiovascular disease such as coronary thrombosis and stroke claims around 432,000 lives a year in the UK alone. ... This is because all four factors dramatically increase the risk of hardening of the arteries (arteriosclerosis). ...
I have observed that many high school and college students smoke cigars. Recent data, in fact, indicates that cigar smoking has increased among young people. (1) Of interest, cigar consumption is significantly greater among individuals with more education. In view of the health risks of cigars, why has there been an increase in cigar smoking, particularly among well-educated people? The purpose of my talk is to understand some of the reasons for the current popularity of cigar smoking. Native Americans and early European settlers smoked cigars - long, thick bundles of twisted toba...
