Association of intracranial aneurysm rupture with smoking duration, intensity, and cessation

Conclusions:
Current cigarette smoking, smoking intensity, and smoking duration are significantly associated with ruptured IAs at presentation. However, the significantly increased risk persists after smoking cessation, and smoking cessation does not confer a reduced risk of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage beyond that of reducing the cumulative dose.

Source: Neurology - September 25, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Can, A., Castro, V. M., Ozdemir, Y. H., Dagen, S., Yu, S., Dligach, D., Finan, S., Gainer, V., Shadick, N. A., Murphy, S., Cai, T., Savova, G., Dammers, R., Weiss, S. T., Du, R. Tags: All Cerebrovascular disease/Stroke, Subarachnoid hemorrhage ARTICLE Source Type: research