Smoking

• Smoking lowers HDL and increases platelet aggregation

• Risk is dose dependent

• Risk is cumulative

• Smoking negates the protective effects of estrogens

• Smoking is the dominant risk factor for sudden death in young women

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The ill affects of smoking are numerous.

Lowers HDL….

The risk is dose-dependent and it is cumulative.. The more you smoke the worse it is for you. Yet there is no minimal amoount that is safe. Smoking as few a 2-4 cigarettes a day increases one’s risk for having a heart arttack by 2-3x over a non-smoker.

There is no benefit to low ttar brand in refernece to CAD