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.
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