Smoking Cessation Promote Arterial Health and Reduce the Risk of Heart Disease
U.S. researchers found that smoking cessation can promote arterial health, reduce risk of heart disease, “smokers” quit smoking a year to see results.
The findings are published in the latest issue of “Journal of the American Heart Association” magazine.
Quit smoking for one year
University of Wisconsin – Madison School of medicine and public health and tobacco research and smoking cessation research center jointly launched a smoking cessation study to more than 1,500 smokers quit smoking. Smoking cessation methods including the use of nicotine patches, nicotine mouth with tablets, bupropion, nicotine patch and I also use with tablets, or combination of bupropion and mouth with tablets, etc. 5.
15 Associated Press quoted the words of Stan James cardiologist reported a year later, the subjects in 36% of successful quitting.
And one year before the start of the study, the researchers were used to measure brachial artery vasodilation (FMD). The researchers studied the forearm with a tourniquet tightly enclosed, unlock a few minutes later, while using ultrasonic measurements. Brachial artery vasodilation in the brachial artery to measure whether the health of one of the main parameters, and function of the heart arteries are closely related, can predict risk of cardiovascular disease.
Artery to improve
Comparison results show that smokers quit smoking for one whole year, the brachial artery vasodilation improved by 1%.
Stein said: “Despite those who quit smoking gain weight, but their blood vessel function improved. This shows that the smoking cessation benefit vascular health, can reduce heart attacks and cardiovascular disease risk.”
Stan believes that although a small number of 1%, but “this is a significant improvement in important clinical significance”, which means reduced risk of cardiovascular disease by 14%.
“One small step for one year to improve,” Stein said, “The question is whether those who quit smoking will get well?” The researchers plan further follow-up study two years, continue to observe the effect.
Many people know that quitting smoking reduces risk of lung cancer. This is the first large-scale clinical trials to prove to quit promoting arterial health.
Protect the heart
Study, those who successfully quit smoking gained an average of 4 kg, which is a common side effect of smoking cessation. “Many people are unwilling to stop smoking for fear of weight gain,” Stein said.
In addition, the consequences of quitting smoking is beneficial to health, not only to improve vascular function, but also increase the blood is a good high-density lipoprotein cholesterol. Good cholesterol helps to prevent hardening of the arteries, but also good for the heart healthy.
Smoking is the main cause of heart disease. In the United States, with smoking-related deceased died of a heart in about one-third.
University of Wisconsin, director of tobacco research and smoking cessation ?in view, the study results exciting.
“The results to the entire United States is considering quitting smokers show new hope, you can quickly improve cardiovascular health,” he said.
