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Cigarette smoking has a direct causal effect on the development of stroke, rather than merely acting synergistically with other cardiovascular risk factors. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.SYNTHESIS. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

October 10, 1998BMJOpen Access

Smoking and stroke: a causative role

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Does smoking have a direct causal effect on stroke?

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MAM I AldooriCalderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust SRSakhawat H. RahmanRoyal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

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Smoking is established as having a direct causal effect on stroke, independent of other synergistic risk factors.

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Aldoori et al. (1998) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1bf488b33628da419d0aa4 https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.317.7164.962

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Hypertension management

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