Can we apply 'when' condition in 'stages' of a Jenkinsfile?

I have a Jenkinsfile which will be triggered by GitLab (using Webhooks). I want to skip the whole Jenkinsfile's execution if a particular condition is not met.

One way to do this is to apply the same condition on each stage

pipeline {
    agent any

    stages {
        stage ('Stage 1') {
            when {
                expression {
                    //Expression
                }
            }
            //do something
        }

        stage ('Stage 2') {
            when {
                expression {
                    //Expression
                }
            }
            //do something
        }

        stage ('Stage 3') {
            when {
                expression {
                    //Expression
                }
            }
            //do something
        }
        .
        .
        .
        .
    }
}

But this seems weird as I want the same condition to be applied for all the stages. Can we apply similar condition over stages itself ? Like this?

pipeline {
    agent any

    stages {
        when {
            expression {
                //Expression
            }
        }
        stage ('Stage 1') {
            //do something
        }

        stage ('Stage 2') {
            //do something
        }

        stage ('Stage 3') {
            //do something
        }
        .
        .
        .
        .
    }
}