Alcohol Consumption and Cigarette Smoking Elevate Heart Disease and Its Risk Factors

Abstract

Smoking and alcohol are major causes of cardio vascular disease (CVD). The risk of CVD increases with the number of cigarettes smoked per day, and when smoking continues for many years. Smoking cigarettes with lower levels of tar or nicotine does not reduce the risk for cardiovascular disease. Heavy alcohol consumption is an important cause of death and disability but the association between moderate drinking and cardiovascular disease (CVD) is complex.

Alcohol increases the risk of hypertensive heart disease, cardiomyopathy, atrial fibrillation, flutter, and strokes. Recently examined different levels of alcohol consumption and risk for heart failure in an older population (mean age - 68) and found no evidence that light to moderate drinking had a protective incident heart failure in this age group chemical in cigarette smoke cause the blood to thicken and form clots inside veins and arteries one of the major health complications caused by these substances the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD), which accounts for a significant proportion of substance-induced death. Smoking and excessive alcohol consumption are related to the higher risk of acute myocardial infarction.