| Show Have A Heart AHeart I IFor For Your Heart I The heart attack rate in heavy I cigarette smokers Is two or three times Umes as high as In nonsmokers non non- smokers pIpe and cigar smokers smokers ers and former cigarette smokers Studies have shown that death rates from heart attacks attacks at- at tacks In men range from 50 to I per cent higher among cigarette cigarette cig- cig arette smokers than among nonsmokers nonsmokers non non- smokers depending on the amount smoked THE EARLIER a person begins begins be- be gins to smoke the greater the rIsk to his health In future years Every effort should be made to discourage young people people peo- peo from taking up the habit There Is considerable pressure on teenagers teen to smoke and whether or not they resist depends depends de- de a lot on the example set by theIr parents It has been shown that In the majority of families where parents dont don't smoke neither do the young young- If you have been a smoker will it do any good to stop now Yes for the same studies show that people who gave up smoking had a lower death rate from heart attack than persist persistent e n t I smokers Actually the death rate of those who stopped smoking smoking ing was nearly as low as that of people who had never smoked Also some of the abnormal changes In lung tissue ot of heavy smokers gradually reverted toI toward to- to ward normal I AS FAR AS IS known smokIng smoking Ing pipes or cigars Involves no I Increased rIsk of heart attack i probably because the smoke In Inmost inmost I most cases Is not Inhaled However However How How- ever pipe and cigar smoking does Increase th the risk ot of mouth I and throat cancer For advice about your heart I always ask your doctor for information In in- i for formation matlon ask your Heart Asso- Asso I Ask your Heart Association AssocIation Asso- Asso for tor the pamphlet What Everyone Should Know About I Smoking and Heart Disease |
