Examining the influence of global smoking prevalence on stroke mortality: insights from 27 countries across income strata.
Isuri AbeysekeraRoshinie De SilvaDisuri SilvaLakindu PiumikaRuwan JayathilakaLochana RajamanthriPublished in: BMC public health (2024)
It is evident that GSP affects the risk of incidence of stroke death, specifically in the LMIC stratum. Furthermore, it has been identified that GSP is a major preventable risk factor affecting global mortality. To mitigate the risk of stroke death attributable to smoking prevalence, necessary preventive steps should be adopted to encourage smoking cessation, and essential policies should be implemented to reduce the burden of SDR.