Stroke

Passive smoke from spouse can increase woman's chance threefold

Published in Women's Health Weekly, March 20th, 2003

Women already at risk of having a stroke because they smoke cigarettes increase their stroke risk three-fold if they live with a spouse who smokes, a study conducted at the University at Buffalo has shown.

The overall increase in risk of developing any form of stroke was more than three-fold in this group. On the other hand, nonsmoking women whose spouses smoked did not show an increase risk of stroke.

Adnan Qureshi, MD, lead author on the study, said a possible explanation for the increase in risk among smoking women, but not among nonsmoking women, could be related to certain smoking habits.

"Spouses are more likely to smoke in...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2003-03-20)

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