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Smoking and Blood Pressure
Does smoking cause your blood pressure to rise?
(28 Mar 2006)
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Nicotine is a vaso-constrictor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasoconstrictor), which means it narrows blood vessel, making it harder for blood to move through the body.
In turn the heart must work harder to pump the blood. Dr. Coleen Murphy, ND www.natmedworks.
com
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answered by Dr C M N on 29 Mar 2006, 3:58:35
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The main causes of high blood pressure are stress and a faulty style of living. Smoking and an excessive intake of intoxicants, tea, coffee, and refined foods destroy. Christina, Aromatherapist/Herbalist
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answered by C on 28 Mar 2006, 10:37:57
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