Young women who smoke run the risk of stroke two-times higher than female non-smokers, while the heaviest smokers among them having nine times the risk is greater, according to a U.S. study.
The study estimates the risk of stroke among women aged 15 to 49 years who smoke cigarettes. Current smokers 2.6 times more likely to have a stroke compared with women who never smoked.
Women who smoke the most highest risk, according to the study, published in the journal of the American Heart Association, Stroke, published last week.
Women who suck 21 to 39 cigarettes per day, for example, face the risk of stroke 4.3 times higher than non-smokers, while those who suck at least two packs per day - 40 cigarettes - at risk of stroke 9.1 times higher than female non-smokers.
Cigarettes have long been known to increase the risk of stroke, and other health hazards such as lung offices or other types of cancer, lung disease and heart disease.
However, Cole said not much is known how the risk of stroke is influenced by the number of cigarettes a person smoked.
Stroke usually attacking older people compared with those in the study but the research shows that, even though the young women, the risk of stroke increased sharply.
The researchers traced 466 women in the United States who had had a stroke and 604 women who had had a stroke and has a tribe, race and the same age.
As many as one-fifth of U.S. women aged 18 to 24 years were smokers
The study estimates the risk of stroke among women aged 15 to 49 years who smoke cigarettes. Current smokers 2.6 times more likely to have a stroke compared with women who never smoked.
Women who smoke the most highest risk, according to the study, published in the journal of the American Heart Association, Stroke, published last week.
Women who suck 21 to 39 cigarettes per day, for example, face the risk of stroke 4.3 times higher than non-smokers, while those who suck at least two packs per day - 40 cigarettes - at risk of stroke 9.1 times higher than female non-smokers.
Cigarettes have long been known to increase the risk of stroke, and other health hazards such as lung offices or other types of cancer, lung disease and heart disease.
However, Cole said not much is known how the risk of stroke is influenced by the number of cigarettes a person smoked.
Stroke usually attacking older people compared with those in the study but the research shows that, even though the young women, the risk of stroke increased sharply.
The researchers traced 466 women in the United States who had had a stroke and 604 women who had had a stroke and has a tribe, race and the same age.
As many as one-fifth of U.S. women aged 18 to 24 years were smokers
