Smoking, particularly heavy smoking, is linked to some unexplained strokes in younger adults, mainly in male individuals and ...

More information: Phillip Ferdinand et al, Association of Smoking and Young Cryptogenic Ischemic Stroke, Neurology Open Access (2025). DOI: 10.1212/WN9.0000000000000003 ...

little is known about how smoking affects people under 50, especially in those with unexplained stroke," Ferdinand said. His ...

little is known about how smoking affects people under 50, especially in those with unexplained stroke,” Ferdinand said. His team compared the medical records of 546 people aged 18 to 49 who ...

Our study found that smoking may be a key factor," Ferdinand said. There are many ways tobacco smoke can increase stroke risk, according to the World Stroke Organization. Cigarette smoke contains ...

especially heavy smoking, may be an important way to help reduce the number of strokes happening to young people,” lead author Phillip Ferdinand, MBChB, MRCP, University Hospitals of North ...