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One- third of our population is at risk for lung cancer along with other cancers caused by smoking. Other cancers caused from smoking include: cancers of the mouth, tongue, throat, larynx, esophagus, pancreas, bladder and kidney. Not only can you get cancer from smoking but you can also get coronary heart disease. (www.smokinglungs.com).
             Coronary heart disease is defined as: diseases and injuries of the heart, the blood vessels of the heart, and the system of blood vessels throughout the body and within the brain. (http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hecs-sesc/tobacco/facts/health_facts/heart_disease.html). Dr. Sashi says: "Inhaled tobacco smoke damages the endothelium of the arteries and accelerates the arteriosclerosis of blood vessel making higher chances for plaque formation within the walls of the arteries, making them more susceptible to coronary heart disease." (http://www.kungchido.com/sm.html). What she is saying is that when a person smokes, it makes the heart more prone to get plaque on the walls with then will cause them to be able to get coronary heart disease more easily. "Smokers have less blood supply to their hearts, which is an indicator of future heart attacks or strokes"-As stated by Phillip A. Kaufmann, M.D., and assistant professor at university Hospital in Zurich. (http://www.kungchido.com/sm.html). Smokers have 2-3 times the risk of having heart attacks then non-smokers. (www.ash.org). Stopping smoking reduces the risk of smoking related heart disease by approximately 50% within one year, and back to normal levels within five to seven years. Even non-smokers are at risk for coronary heart disease. Second hand smoke causes this also. (http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hess-sesc/tobacco/facts/health_facts/heart_disease.html). There are over 53,000 deaths from heart disease a year in non-smokers. (http://asthma.nationaljewish.org). .
             Mainstream smoke is a mixture of over 4,000 chemicals, 40 of which are cancer causing in humans.


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