Smoking and Cardiovascular Disease (CVD)Smoking is a deadly habit to keep, literally. Smoking and other contributing factors such as high blood pressure and cholesterol can cause chronic diseases. Cardiovascular disease is one of the leading killers of men and women in the United States. Cardiovascular disease has many contributing factors, but smoking itself poses a high risk of contracting the disease. Non-smokers should also be careful of the air they breathe, as the smoke around you can kill you! What is heart disease? Many of us believe, from a young age, that heart disease can only occur in “older” people. The truth is that heart disease needs to be addressed from the time a person is young, how a person takes care of their body inside and out will determine what illnesses await them at a later age. advance. For example, cardiovascular disease (CVD) accounts for forty-two percent of all deaths in the United States (healingwithnutrition.com) and smoking is a major contributor to the onset of this terrible disease. Cardiovascular Disease Cardiovascular disease is also the leading cause of death for Americans. aged thirty-five and over (healingwithnutrion.com)! Who said you have to be old to have heart disease? According to the 2003 General Household Survey conducted by the Office of National Statistics, forty-five percent of Americans between the ages of twenty-five and fifty-nine smoke, the highest of any age group. Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) include dysfunctional diseases...