Healthy Heart Habits · Heart
Smoke damages vessels, thickens blood, and steals oxygen from the heart muscle.
Smoking harms your heart three ways at once: chemicals in smoke damage the lining of your blood vessels, make your blood more likely to clot, and carbon monoxide takes the place of some of your oxygen — so your heart gets less of what it needs while working harder.
There's more: smoke damages vessels, thickens blood, and steals oxygen from the heart muscle. The full explanation — and the interactive version you can tap and quiz yourself on — lives in the app.
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