Its a major cause of high blood pressure because the chemicals in cigarette smoke create plaque that clogs up your arteries, which makes your heart work harder and raises your blood pressure
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Smoking intensity may contribute to the discrepancy, since peripheral blood T cell subsets were not found to be different in light (1019 pack years) to moderate smokers (2049 pack years) 71,72 , but a decrease, rather than an increase, in CD4/CD8 was observed in heavy smokers (50120 pack years) 72,73
To keep your cholesterol in check, limit alcohol to no more than two drinks per day for men and one for women