Study participants will be recruited among patients of neurological clinics of Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, hospitalized because of their first in a lifetime ischemic stroke. All stroke patients will be screened regarding their smoking status. The subjects will be patients smoking cigarettes immediately before their first-ever stroke, able to understand the research protocol procedures and able to cooperate during the investigation.
Antismoking interventions will be based on the "5A's" method. Study participants will be randomized to one of three interventions differing in follow-up intensity.