Study suggests many heart attack survivors being reckless about health despite warning

Nearly half of Irish heart attack survivors who smoked at the time of heart attack are still smoking up to two years later, a new study has found.

Study suggests many heart attack survivors being reckless about health despite warning

Nearly half of Irish heart attack survivors who smoked at the time of heart attack are still smoking up to two years later, a new study has found.

The numbers persisting with behaviours that drastically increase their risk of another heart attack are alarmingly high with two in five victims still obese up to two years after their heart attack.

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