Some Smokers May Not Know They Have Heart Disease Until It Kills Them
And many of these smokers do not see it coming. Smokers who die of heart attacks and strokes are much more likely than nonsmokers to be unaware that they have cardiovascular disease, particularly when they’re young. Among young adults in their twenties and thirties, smokers are at least twice as likely as nonsmokers to die of a heart attack or stroke without a prior cardiovascular disease diagnosis, the study found....