A study just proved that passive smoking greatly increases the risk of a stroke or cerebrovascular accident (CVA). Spouses of smokers is even more reason to motivate your half to stop smoking!
- Being married to a smoker increases the risk
- Why tobacco he favors stroke?
- Use it to stop.
Being married to a smoker increases the risk
Passive smoking has been known for years to be a cardiovascular risk factor. No studies exist, however, on the risk of stroke (AVC).
The scientists then conducted a long term study on the spouses of smokers and their risk of stroke. The results were quite clear: For non-smokers, being married to a smoker resulted in a 42% increase in the risk of stroke compared to being married to someone who has never smoked . For former smokers married to smokers, the risk increased 72%. However, risk rate for persons married to former smokers was similar to that of persons married to non-smoking forever.
Why tobacco he favors stroke?
Tobacco has long been a known risk factor for stroke. Studies have shown that smoking increases the bad cholesterol, promotes the deposition of atheromatous plaques, and increases blood pressure. All these effects are favorable for stroke, caused, remember, by a blood clot that goes back an artery to the brain. A brain region therefore continues to receive blood for a few minutes, resulting sometimes very serious consequences.