Smokers under 50 are eight times more likely than non-smokers of the same age to have a major heart attack, scientists said Wednesday. Read moreAll smokers face a markedly higher danger of heart attacks than non-smokers, but it had not been clear how the risk compared between age brackets. On average, current smokers were at least a decade younger than ex- or never-smokers when the heart attack hit, the study found. The researchers added “it is difficult to explain the much higher risk” of acute heart attack among younger patients. Writing in the same journal, cardiologist Yaron Arbel of the Tel Aviv Medical Center in Israel, said the goal should be on helping younger smokers quit.

Source: Hindustan Times November 30, 2016 08:39 UTC