| The Tobacco Reference Guide |
| by David Moyer, MD. |
| Chapter 9 Cardiovascular Disease |
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| Cardiovascular Disease: Stroke |
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| Cigarette smoking accounts for 51% in men and 55% in women of the total risk for |
| cerebrovascular disease (stroke) for those under age 65. Women who smoke have a |
| 5.7-fold increased risk for stroke. |
| Journal of the American Medical Association, February 19, 1988, p. 1026 |
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| Women under age 45 with migraine headaches and who smoke have an 11.7 times |
| greater risk of stroke. |
| USA Today, February 15, 1993 |
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| Smokers under age 65 have a threefold increased risk of coronary heart disease and |
| more than a fourfold risk of having a stroke. |
| Journal of the National Cancer Institute, August 21, 1991, p. 1145 |
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| Current smokers have 3.7-fold increased risk of stroke compared with never smokers. |
| Journal of the American Medical Association, July 12, 1995, p. 155 |
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| Tobacco is responsible for 26,500 stroke deaths a year in the US. |
| US News and World Report, January 23, 1989, p. 9 |
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| Over a quarter of strokes, at least 61,500 each year, could be prevented if people |
| stopped smoking. The total yearly savings could be about $3 billion. |
| Cigarettes, p. 102 |
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