Smoking is a major risk factor for stroke. Smoking does a lot of damage to your body. Not only does it damage your lungs, it also puts you at risk for heart disease and stroke. Smoking doubles your risk of stroke due to all the negative consequences that come along with it. One of the greatest things that you can do to prevent a stroke is to quit smoking. Seek help and put your body first!
How Smoking can Lead to a Stroke:
- Increases blood pressure
- Damages blood vessels
- Reduces oxygen in your blood
- Thickens blood, which increases risk for blood clots
- Damages cells from chemicals entering the bloodstream from the lungs
- Damages the heart from the clogging and narrowing of coronary arteries
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