This site assists in opposing heart disease by providing educational information based on medical journal data citing the role of cigarettes in adverse effects generally , and at this site, specifically, their role in causing heart disease. Cigarettes contain toxic chemicals and impair the immune system. This combination makes cigarettes a risk factor in heart disease.
Cigarettes contain toxic chemicals .
Heart disease typically involves prior tobacco-induced impaired breathing, the same factor in children who die of SIDS . As early as 1848 scientists were aware of the link between tobacco and heart conditions. In 1862 there was evidence that smoking could initiate angina pectoris.