Cardiovascular Disease Is Reduced By Quitting Smoking

by affleap | March 1, 2008 at 02:44 am
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Did you know that inhaling cigarette smoke causes several immediate
adverse responses within the heart and blood vessels? The heart rates
begin to rise within a minute of starting to smoke and the blood
vessels become narrower. Smoking not only causes coronary artery
disease but also brain attack (stroke) an peripheral disease. These
factors when present in the vascular system can initiate abnormalities
in the blood vessel wall which may lead to atherosclerosis or clogging
of arteries.

Obstruction in the cardiovascular system leads to the narrowing of
the coronary arteries, triggering chronic stable angina (usually chest
pain), chronic unstable angina (pre-heart attack) or myocardial
infraction (heart attack). There has already been progress made to
reduce the major risk factors of vascular diseases but in the contrary
there’s no so much progress done to encourage people to stop smoking.

However, with the advent of some drugs that help smokers to quit
smoking, reduction of the harmful effects of smoking through smoking
cessation treatment is now possible. The drug that is now being
introduced in the market helps decrease withdrawal symptoms and craving
associated with quitting and as well obliterate the pleasure derived
from smoking.

Six clinical trials made involving thousands of chronic smokers had
shown a good response to the drug. It has shown that drug treatment can
now be an alternative choice in quitting the habit. Through drug
therapy one is receptive in demonstrating higher tendencies to quit
smoking within ninety days as compared to other treatment.

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