The development of a brain hemorrhage could be high if you’re a woman who smokes heavily. A 65,000-person study found that the risk for “subarachnoid hemorrhage — bleeding inside the lining of the brain” is high in smokers. “The researchers tracked participants [every five years since 1972] until the end of 2011. During that time, there were 492 subarachnoid hemorrhages, 266 of them among women. Smokers were more likely to suffer a hemorrhage, especially women. Compared with nonsmokers, women who smoked more than 20 cigarettes per day were eight times as likely to suffer a brain hemorrhage, and men who smoked that much were almost three times as likely to suffer a hemorrhage. Former smokers had lower hemorrhage risk than current smokers.” The study contributes to ongoing research that shows how dangerous smoking can be for the body.