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When I had a heart attack, I smoked a cigarette on the way to hospital  

Nick Stephens was living the life of a takeaway-munching bachelor. That was until he had a quadruple bypass at the age of 36 following his second heart attack

YOU might think two heart attacks would be enough to force an unfit 30-something to begin a drastic lifestyle change.

But when Cardiff chef Nick Stephens realised he was having his second heart attack, he smoked a cigarette on his way to A&E.

"That was the last time I had a cigarette," said Nick, now aged 37. . . .

And then came the wake-up call when he was told he would have to have a quadruple bypass after doctors found his lifestyle had put so much pressure on his heart he now had two blocked arteries.

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