More than 6400 Australians are dying each year from cardiovascular diseases caused by smoking, according to a new study touted as the most in-depth of its kind in the world.
Researchers from the Australian National University have tracked 190,000 smokers and non-smokers for seven years, checking how they measure up for the 36 known cardiovascular diseases.
People who smoke triple their risk of dying from cardiovascular conditions, the study found.
Australia's 2.7 million smokers are also twice as likely to have a stroke, heart attack or heart failure and five times more likely to develop peripheral cardiovascular diseases such as gangrene.
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