San Francisco: New research shows that those who decide to quit smoking experience immediate health benefits, including a sharp reduction in the risk of irregular heartbeats.
“We want to remind smokers that it’s never too late to quit, and that having smoked in the past does not mean you will have any heart-related medical problems,” said cardiologist Dr. Gregory, senior author of the study. Problems have arisen, now it is your destiny, it is not.
Marks and his team published their findings in the journal JACC, which they said included people who had been smoking for a long time.
In atrial fibrillation, also known as A-fib, the upper chambers of the heart begin to beat irregularly. This increases the potential risk of blood pooling and blood clots in the atria, which increases a person’s risk of stroke.
