Nearly half of heart attack survivors still smoke

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

The numbers persisting with behaviours that drastically increase their risk of another heart attack are alarmingly high: Two in five are obese up to two years later, and nearly one third (31%) never or rarely undertake regular activity long enough to work up a sweat.