Young smokers risk heart disease, research shows
16 September 2004
People under 40 are five times more likely to have a heart attack if they smoke, according to a study published today.
The report's authors said the findings, based on figures compiled on behalf of the World Health Organisation, had destroyed the myth that only older smokers were at risk of cardiac disease.
The report said: "Although young people may acknowledge the well-documented fact that cigarette smoking is a major risk factor for coronary heart disease, they, and even physicians, may think that this is only a concern in older age."
The Guardian (via Press Association) - Tuesday August 24, 2004.
