Senior Cardiac Nurse at the British Heart Foundation Ruth Goss said of the research: “It’s estimated that at least 15,000 deaths in the UK each year from heart and circulatory diseases can be attributed to smoking.
“If you want to quit, it helps to have some extra support so ask at your GP surgery if there is a nurse or counsellor in your area who can help.”
As well as impacting heart health, smoking is one of the biggest contributors to the development of cancer.
Cancer Research UK describes smoking as “the biggest preventable cause of cancer in the UK.”