Stroke, Smoking and Vaping: The No-Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

Abstract

Both stroke and smoking continue to be major public health crises in the United States, with stroke being the third and fourth leading cause of death among women and men, respectively. The goal of this review will be to provide clinicians a succinct overview regarding the epidemiology, economics, and biology of stroke in the setting of smoking and electronic cigarette use. Special attention will be given to the escalating public health crisis of electronic cigarette use, emphasizing mechanistic relationships of stroke and lung injury. Readers will be made aware of the need for continued scientific advancement and study regarding these relationships, as well as the need for improved governmental and public health efforts to curb these ongoing public health crises.