Smoking triples risk of heart attacks, study finds

A STUDY of 27,000 people around the world has shown that all forms of tobacco exposure multiply the risk of having a heart attack.

The research found tobacco use of any kind, including smoking cigarettes, chewing tobacco, inhaling secondhand smoke and puffing on “bubble” pipes, was harmful.

Heart attack risk was increased threefold in smokers compared with people who had never smoked.