Cigarettes have nicotine along with various toxic chemicals that are increasing the chance of getting strokes and heart disease. Smoking damages and changes cells throughout your body and this can block the blood flowing from the carotid artery to your brain leading to a stroke. Smokers can suffer from a stroke 3 times as much as non-smokers.
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