Show For Longer Life Stop Smoking Heart Resolved that I will safe guard my heart and health by y avoiding or dropping the Cig cig- cig cigarette arette habit This New Years Year's resolution has been proposed for adoption adoption tion by teenagers by the Utah Heart Association which cautioned smoking non young young- youngsters that the best method of dealing with r the cigarette habit is never to let it get started in the first place THE ASSOCIATION said that young people who smoke should resolve to discontinue cigarettes if they persist they run a real risk that their life life- span may be shortened due to heart disease or other serious IH health alth problems Whether you are a teenager er or an adult said the Asso- Asso Association Association you should remember ber that heavy cigarette smoking ing may contribute to or ac accelerate the development vf of coronary heart disease or its complications A number of medical stu studies dies have demonstrated a sub sub- substantial asso association between between cigarette smoking and illness and death from coronary art art- artery artery ery disease the Association continued In these studies death rates from heart attacks jn in middle aged men were found to be 50 to percent higher among heavy cigarette smokers as compared with smokers non and pipe or cig ar smokers A FEW OF THESE studies also offer evidence that ill- ill illness ness and death from coronary artery disease decrease signi among those who have stopped smoking said the Association Parents were urged by the Heart Association to provide an example for their children since twice as many high school students smoke when both parents smoke as when neither parent smokes the Association n said It is especially important for adults with a high risk of coronary heart disease to dis- dis discontinue discontinue continue cigarette smoking the Association noted This group includes those with a family history of heart attack or stroke in middle age high blood pressure high levels of fatty substances in the blood and other factors associated with greater proneness to har- har hardening hardening dening of the arteries Statistical analysis of ex- ex existing ex data indicates that cig cigarette arette smoking is associated with a yearly increase of about premature deaths from coronary disease among American men This is equal to the estimated estimated ed increase in deaths associated ed with cigarette smoking from all other diseases com com- combined UHA officials said |