| Through associated with lung cancers and breathing | | | | bronchitis, emphysema, osteoporosis and cancers of |
| problems, the most important threat factor of alcohol | | | | the lung, kidney, bladder, pancreas, lip, cervix, mouth, |
| consumption and smoking is the increased risk of | | | | larynx, tongue, esophagus and throat. When the |
| cardiovascular diseases, mainly heart attacks and | | | | person stops smoking, the risk of heart attack and |
| strokes. For many people, quitting smoking and keeping | | | | other diseases decrease significantly. Quitting smoking |
| away from alcohol is the best thing they can do to | | | | all of a sudden is not an easy task, though numerous |
| improve their heart and artery health. | | | | aids and medications are available. |
| Cigarettes have injurious multiple poisons, especially | | | | Alcohol consumption is one of the main reasons behind |
| addictive nicotine, hydrogen cyanides, tars, carbon | | | | immature death caused by cardiovascular diseases. |
| monoxide along with thousands of varying chemical | | | | Consumed in moderate amounts, alcohol can prevent |
| toxins and 43 deadly carcinogens that together | | | | heart attacks. However, heavy drinking leads to |
| increase the risk of peripheral vascular and coronary | | | | various malfunctioning of our body such as increase of |
| heart diseases. When compared to non-smokers, | | | | LDL cholesterol and decrease of HDL cholesterol, |
| smokers have more than twice the risk of heart | | | | decreases coronary blood flow, decreases estrogen |
| attack. In both men and women, smoking alone | | | | hormone level, induces blood clotting and increases |
| increases the risk of fatal and non-fatal heart attacks. | | | | aggregation of platelets. Excessive amount of alcohol |
| It increases blood pressure and consequent heart | | | | also leads to increased blood pressure and |
| problems as it decreases the amount of oxygen rich | | | | consequently increases the risk of a heart attack. |
| blood to heart that lead to coronary heart diseases. | | | | Alcoholic cardiomyopathy is a cardiovascular disease |
| Smoking causes damage to the tissues and cells of | | | | caused by the toxic effects of alcohol on human heart |
| our body and also decreases the production of | | | | wherein heart becomes enlarged and weakened. |
| high-density cholesterol known as good cholesterol | | | | Heavy drinking gives rise to congestive heart failure, |
| that is needed for the body for normal heart | | | | increased triglyceride level and stroke. |
| functioning. Furthermore, cigarette smoking acts with | | | | Alcoholism is characterized by an unsatisfying urge to |
| other risk factors that significantly increase the risk for | | | | go on with drinking. Though alcoholic people are aware |
| coronary heart disease. | | | | of the ill effects of alcohol, they are often unable to |
| Smoking can also lead to risks of blood clotting as well | | | | quit the bad habit completely. Quitting of alcohol |
| as building up of cholesterol fats in the arteries- | | | | requires moral and mental support along with medical |
| thereby increasing blood pressure, damage of arteries | | | | supervision and medications. There are also various |
| and heart disorders. The risk of heart disease | | | | health supplements available today that can help in |
| increases with prolonged use. Patients who smoke | | | | removing the toxic effects caused by smoking and |
| after bypass surgery have increased risk of recurrent | | | | alcohol consumption in the body. Such heart support |
| strokes. Frequent exposure to cigarette smoke is also | | | | supplements consist of ingredients that not only protect |
| bad for heart and artery health. In addition to heart | | | | heart from future disorders, but also nourish heart and |
| disease, tobacco use also increases the risk of stroke, | | | | artery health. |