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Smoking may double stroke risk for women

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By ABC7
Monday, August 18, 2008
Baltimore researchers looked at women 15-to-49 years old who smoked cigarettes. Women who smoke two packs of cigarettes a day are more than nine times at risk of developing a stroke.

Experts say, while quitting is the best thing you can do, cutting back does offer some benefit.

More information is available in the American Heart Association's journal of Stroke.

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