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Risk of having a fatal stroke could be linked to smoking, researchers reveal
Risk of having a fatal stroke could be linked to smoking, researchers reveal
Researchers in Finland found a sharp drop in the number of people who suffered a subarachnoid haemorrhage - the most fatal form of stroke - occurred in the same period as a decline in smoking numbers.Between 1998 and 2012, the number of people who smoked dropped by 30 per cent among 15 to 64-year-olds in the country, the study found.During this time, cases of the killer stroke also went down by 45 per cent among women under 50.
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Researchers find tobacco use linked to most fatal form of stroke (From Herald Scotland)
Researchers find tobacco use linked to most fatal form of stroke (From Herald Scotland)
A possible link between a deadly form of stroke and smoking has been discovered by scientists.Researchers in Finland found a sharp drop in the number of people who suffered a subarachnoid haemorrhage - the most fatal form of stroke - occurred in the same period as a decline in smoking numbers.Between 1998 and 2012, the number of people who smoked plunged 30% among 15 to 64-year-olds in the country, the study found.
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Incidence of most fatal type of stroke decreasing—thanks to a decrease in smoking?
Incidence of most fatal type of stroke decreasing—thanks to a decrease in smoking?
Incidence of most fatal type of stroke is decreasing rapidly in Finland -- thanks to a decrease in smoking?Credit: Miikka Korja / University of Helsinki A new study indicates that Finland's national tobacco policies seem to be radically reducing the incidence of subarachnoid haemorrhage, the most fatal form of stroke.Previously it was thought that in Finland approximately a thousand people suffer subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) every year - most of them adults of working age.