Celebrate American Heart Month – Say No to Cigarettes

American Heart Month – Smoking is a Major Risk Factor for Heart Disease. Besides causing breathing problems and lung cancer, smoking is also a major cause of cardiovascular (heart and blood vessel) disease.

Here Are the Facts:

• Cigarette smoking accounts for about one-fifth of all deaths from heart disease in the United States.
• Smokers have a two to four fold increase in coronary artery disease and about a 70 percent higher death rate from coronary artery disease than do nonsmoker.
• Smoking is a major risk factor for heart disease.

Smoking is the No. 1 cause of preventable disease and death.