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Tobacco and Alcohol

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Handbook of Stroke Prevention in Clinical Practice

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Tobacco use is the single most important cause of preventable illness and premature death. Currently, tobacco use causes an estimated 3 million annual deaths worldwide (1,2). The financial burden of smoking-related diseases is also substantial.

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  1. Mehmet Akif Topcuoglu
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  1. Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    Karen L. Furie MD, MPH  & Peter J. Kelly MD, MS, MRCPI  & 

  2. Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Karen L. Furie MD, MPH

  3. Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

    Peter J. Kelly MD, MS, MRCPI

  4. University College, Dublin, Ireland

    Peter J. Kelly MD, MS, MRCPI

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Topcuoglu, M.A., Furie, K.L. (2004). Tobacco and Alcohol. In: Furie, K.L., Kelly, P.J. (eds) Handbook of Stroke Prevention in Clinical Practice. Current Clinical Neurology. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-769-7_6

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