Long-term study finds cigarette smoking doubled risk of developing heart failure

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Long-term study finds cigarette smoking doubled risk of developing heart failure

A new study from researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that people who smoked tobacco cigarettes developed heart failure at twice the rate of those who never smoked. This higher rate occurred in two major heart failure subtypes and confirms that cigarette smoking presents a significant risk factor for both.

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