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Singapore's smoke-free law may have warded off 20,000 heart attacks in people over 65
(medicalxpress.com)
this post was submitted on 13 Oct 2023
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Yeah, nicotine is a vasoconstrictor. Smaller blood vessels = higher blood pressure and higher risk of heart attacks and stroke.
I've been using the nicotine pouches and there's only addiction warning labels on them. But the whole time I'm thinking, I'm pretty certain nicotine isn't good for the heart..