Active smokers are very susceptible to cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death and disability worldwide. Smoking is also the most popular killer after a traffic accident.
"The
fact of the WHO states that occur one death from cardiovascular disease
every two seconds, a heart attack every five seconds, and from stroke
every six seconds," said Professor of North Sumatra University (USU),
Prof. Julia Reveny in Medan, on Wednesday (5 / 10/2011).
Reuters reported, he said, each year an estimated 17 million people in various countries die from cardiovascular disease. The
occurrence of deep vein thrombosis (aterosklorosis) was not only
triggered by the high consumption of fatty foods, but also triggered by
smoking.
When
people smoke, the more oxidant substances regardless of the response
due to the entry of toxins from the cigarettes smoked. Oxidant substances that make the walls of damaged blood vessels and create low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL).