Sooner...*

Looks glamorous, Yeh! What's less fun is that women who smoke are on average going to have their heart attacks a whole FifteeN YearS SooneR than non-smoking women. That's a lot of life to lose for glamour!

Young women are especially vulnerable because they often don’t recognize the signs and symptoms of heart trouble.

“What we know is that the signs and symptoms of a heart attack in women can be very vague and they can mimic something very common” 

Ignorance alone could be responsible for the more than 15,000 women who die each year from a heart attack in the U.S, the researchers speculated. It could also explain why women under the age of 55 have twice the risk of dying during hospitalization for an acute heart attack of men in the same age group.

“Chest pain is still the most common symptom of a heart attack,” . "There can be shortness of breath and almost flu-like symptoms including nausea, abdominal pain and vomiting.” Symptoms may start several days or even weeks before a major heart attack.

Other common heart attack symptoms for women include pain or discomfort in one or both arms, the back, neck, jaw or stomach. If you have any of these signs, the association urges you not to wait more than five minutes before calling for medical help.

Just a thought.