Cutting salt by 3 grams daily could lower heart disease cases as much as cutting smoking in half.

Eating 3 grams less salt each day could prevent 60,000 to 120,000 new heart disease cases yearly in US adults over 35.

Cutting daily salt by 3 grams could avoid 54,000 to 99,000 heart attacks each year in US adults over 35.

Eating 3 grams less salt daily could save 44,000 to 92,000 lives each year in US adults.