Smoking and stroke / 医学研究生学报

ABSTRACT

In the 1970s, the Framingham study found that smoking increased the risk of stroke. Subsequent laboratory and clinical studies have demonstrated that a variety of harmful components in tobacco can damage the vascular endothelium and interfere with the clotting mechanism, giving rise to atherosclerosis and hypercoagulability, which eventually leads to stroke. Furthermore, the harmful ingredients in tobacco may induce hypertension, diabetes, atrial fibrillation and other diseases, which indirectly increase the risk of stroke. However, there are still a lot of questions about the relationship between smoking and stroke. This paper will analyze the correlation between them and its mechanism, and discuss the influence of smoking cessation on the prognosis of stroke, so as to provide reference for the prevention and treatment of related diseases.