pericarditis and smoking cigarettes affects the heart long before symptoms appear. Each cigarette delivers chemicals that enter the bloodstream within seconds, reaching the heart blood vessels almost immediately. These substances damage the inner lining How Smoking Damages Your Arteries:

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