1/ 🚭 Quitting smoking is one of the most powerful interventions for cardiovascular health. Whether young, old, or already diagnosed with heart disease, stopping smoking dramatically reduces heart attacks, strokes, heart failure, and death. Let’s dive into the evidence. 🧵 2/ Rapid Risk Reduction
Within months of quitting, blood pressure, vascular function, and clotting markers improve.
Within 1 year, coronary heart disease (CHD) risk is ~50% lower vs. continued smoking.
Within 5 years, CVD event risk drops ~39% in heavy smokers. (Duncan et al. JAMA 2019)