Even one cigarette a day can still kill you, study finds
If you think having just one cigarette a day won’t do any harm, you’re wrong. British researchers say lighting up just once a day was linked to a much higher risk of heart disease and stroke than might be expected. The bottom line: “No safe level of smoking exists for cardiovascular disease,” wrote the team led by Allan Hacksaw, of UCL Cancer Institute at University College, London. “Smokers should quit instead of cutting down, using appropriate cessation aids if needed, to significantly reduce their…