MAIL ONLINE: Think the odd cigarette won't hurt? Just smoking one is enough to block your arteries and trigger a heart attack, America's chief medical adviser has warned.
Tobacco smoke causes 'immediate damage', with each puff circulating hundreds of toxic chemicals to most of your organs.
The 700-page Surgeon General's report found there was no safe level of exposure to cigarette smoke - whether you deliberately inhale or breathe it in second hand.
'That one puff on that cigarette could be the one that causes your heart attack,' said Surgeon General Regina Benjamin. Just one cigarette is enough to trigger a heart attack, says U.S. Chief Surgeon >>> Claire Bates | Thursday, December 09. 2010
Yes, and just crossing the road ONCE is enough to have a FATAL accident! Get a grip, woman! And I write as a non-smoker! That means to say a tolerant ex-smoker. – © Mark
