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Is it true that smoking can cause a sudden heart attack?
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Heart attack: of course because smoking is one major risk factor for coronary atherosclerosis.
Answered 5/1/2015
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Smoking: Smoking defintiely provokes cardiovascular disease and among many other diseases it can cauee an acute heart attack. Smoking is a waste of money with huge risk of medical problems and it makes you stink!!! It is in no way worth the risks!
Answered 1/22/2017
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