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A 48-year-old man with a history of smoking, hypertension and hyperlipidaemia is found to have a blood pressure of 162/96 mmHg on three separate clinic readings. Ambulatory monitoring confirms stage 2 hypertension. There is no target-organ damage and his 10-year cardiovascular risk is 18 percent. According to NICE, what is the most appropriate management?

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