No Surprise: Smoking and Sudden Cardiac Death Closely Tied

Although cigarette smoking has long been linked to cardiovascular (CV) disease and sudden cardiac death (SCD),  the precise contribution of smoking, and the effect of smoking discontinuation, on SCD has not been clear. Now a new report from the Nurses' Health Study published in Circulation: Arrhythmia & Electrophysiology provides new clarity about the relationship between smoking and SCD.