Thats not entirely clear, said Wang, who is also an associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, Colorado
Weakened heart muscle: Over time, excessive alcohol intake can weaken the heart muscle, leading to conditions like cardiomyopathy, which can impair the heart's ability to pump blood effectively
But your mouth, nose, tongue, lips, and larynx are all still susceptible to damage, so don't think you are off the hook because you kept all that smoke upstairs
But the increase is vital for improving the health of smokers who are likely to be poor or have a mental illness due to stressful lives and marketing by the tobacco industry that targets vulnerable groups, said Jennifer Vidrine, director of the Oklahoma Tobacco Research Center