We wanted to determine whether occasional smoking can impair flow-mediated dilation and found that repeated bouts of cigarette smoking-even if classified as occasional-appear to increase the risk for developing cardiovascular disease in otherwise healthy, young people, said lead author Lee Stoner, a former UGA doctoral student and now a researcher at Christchurch Hospital in New Zealand
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"However, no one should ever have to quit alone, and we know that every smoker can quit