• Avoid smoking and smokeless tobacco. • Avoid vaping and all forms of e-cigarettes • Some young adults with CHD need to limit alcohol and caffeine in their diets. Check with your doctor to see how alcohol and caffeine may affect you.
• Avoid all illicit drugs such as marijuana, cocaine, methamphetamines, etc.
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— Stimulants (like amphetamines or amyl nitrate “poppers”) may be dangerous.
— Marijuana raises the heart rate and oxygen needs of the heart muscle.
— Cocaine can cause fatal heart attacks.