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Smoking and the cigarette smoke reaching to the lungs cause the heart to work harder, and the pulse rate to be higher - an increase of 10 to 25 heart beats in one minute. That equals to an increase of at least 36,000 heart beats per day. As a result of the Nicotine and other toxic substances in the cigarette smoke, the pulse of a smoker tends to suffer from irregularity, what may at some point cause a heart attack.

Smokers’ risk of heart attack is more than twice that of nonsmokers. Cigarette smoking is the biggest risk factor for sudden cardiac death: smokers have two to four times the risk of nonsmokers. Smokers who have a heart attack are more likely to die and die suddenly (within an hour) than nonsmokers. Available evidence also indicates that chronic exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (second-hand smoke, passive smoking) may increase the risk of heart disease.

Furthermore, a smoker have a smaller chance than nonsmoker to recover from a heart attack.

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