Ex-Smokers May Have Irreversible Damage To Arteries - New research from one of the most comprehensive studies indicates that while most risks subside after quitting, some damage is not reversible. - http://www.pslgroup.com/dg/50c52.htm
Smoking and Stroke: A Caustive Role - All tobacco products, including cigarettes, cigars, and pipes, cause stroke. - http://www.differentstrokes.co.uk/smoking.htm
Cigarettes Cause Heart Disease in Young People - Resent research finds that teen-agers and young adults who smoke have three times the level of plaque in a major artery as those who don't smoke. - http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/EMIHC000/22017/24546/314373.html?d=dmtICNNews
Six-month Public Smoking Ban Slashes Heart Attack Rate in Community - Report on study in which the number of heart attack victims admitted to a regional hospital was found to have dropped by nearly 60 percent during the first six months that a smoke-free ordinance was in effect in the community. - http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2003-04/uoc--sps032603.php
Smoking, the Heart, and Circulation - ASH-UK Factsheet on smoking and chronic heart disease, arterial disease, aneurysms, vascular disease, and stroke. - http://www.ash.org.uk/html/factsheets/html/fact06.html
American Heart Association: Cigarette Smoking And Cardiovascular Diseases - Cigarettes are the most important preventable cause of premature death in the United State. Most of those deaths are from heart disease, not cancer. The facts from the AHA. - http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4545