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" Sometimes I dread to report on the health risks of smoking, because obviously you know the risks by now. But, just in case you (or a girlfriend you love) is still, occasionally smoking socially (even a cigarette here and there), this news is for you (and her). According to a new study published in Circulation: Arrhythmia &amp;amp; Electrophysiology, an American Heart Association Journal that looked at results of more than 100,000 women as far back as 1976, those who were light to moderate smokers had a significantly increased risk of dying from sudden cardiac arrest than those who didn&amp;#x27;t smoke. &amp;quot;Cigarette smoking is a known risk factor for sudden cardiac death, but until now, we didn&amp;#x27;t know how the quantity and duration of smoking effected the risk among apparently healthy women,&amp;quot; said study author Dr. Roopinder K. Sandhu, a cardiac electrophysiologist at the University of Alberta&amp;#x27;s Mazankowski Heart Institute in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, in a press release. The bottom line: Even light smoking can increase your risk of dying suddenly, and that&amp;#x27;s just not cool. Will you pass this on to your smoker pals? P.S. Should smoking be banned on college campuses? And, beware the smoker! How even a tiny bit of smoke can damage your cells... Photo: Thinkstock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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