September 2020 TOBACCO & CORONARY HEART DISEASE

Tobacco smoking and coronary heart disease There is a well-established causal link between to-bacco smoking and morbidity and mortality related to CHD. The disease contributes to 9.4 million, or 16.6%, of the 56 million global annual deaths (2). Smoking is responsible for 1.62 million, or 18%, of global deaths from CHD (20), and causes substantial ................
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