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Passive Smoke From Spouse Increases a Smoking Woman's Stroke Risk

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, according to recent research.

Passive Smoking As Well As Active Smoking Increases the Risk of Acute Stroke

Article summarizes the epidemiology.

Passive smoking and risk of stroke seems a solid connection

Letter to scientific journal on biomarkers, exposure measurement, confounds, and the evidence connecting secondhand smoke to stroke.

Passive Smoking Increases the Risk of Acute Stroke

Population-based case-control study of residents of Auckland, New Zealand finds a significantly increased risk of stroke in both men and women.

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