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Teenagers who smoke or binge drink have stiffer arteries

29 August 2018

A study led by Professor John Deanfield (UCL Vascular Physiology) and Dr Marietta Charakida (UCL Vascular Physiology) has found that the arteries of teens who drink alcohol and smoke, even occasionally, are already beginning to stiffen by the age of 17. Read: Daily Telegraph (£), More: Guardian, BBC News, Times (£), Sky News, Daily Mail, Mirror, Sun, Yahoo, UCL News, Listen: BBC Radio 4, 'Today' (from 30 mins, 52 secs), More: BBC Radio 5, 'Wake Up to Money' (from 16 mins, 15 secs), BBC Radio 5 'Up All Night' (from 3 hrs, 1 min, 52 secs)