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Smoking, high blood pressure 'deadly' 

SMOKING and high blood pressure are a deadly combination that dramatically increase the risk of a blood vessel bursting inside the brain, Australian research shows.

High blood pressure and smoking are known to increase the risk of heart diseases, but Sydney researchers have shown that the two have a stronger, "synergistic effect" when both are present.

A study by the George Institute for International Health in Sydney found that smokers with high blood pressure are significantly more likely to suffer from a hemorrhagic stroke - a type of "bleeding" stroke where a blood vessel bursts and bleeds in the brain - than non-smokers with blood pressure problems.

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