Coronary Heart Disease is still the #1 killer in many developed countries, but reduced rates of smoking have gone a long ways to reducing its mortality especially in men. As women started to smoke like men, they started to die like men, of CAD. I'm a long time family physician and have really come to realize that except for genetic predisposition, most of the causes of CAD are modifiable by change in behavior. For this reason, and others, I have been vegan for the last 3 years. A recent president of the American College of Cardiology became famous for the quote, "There are two types of Cardiologist, vegans and those who have not read the data." Quitting smoking or never smoking and avoiding eating animal products will go a long ways towards reducing your risk of dying from coronary disease. Thanks for the post, keep spreading the good information.