Jump to full article: News-Medical.net, 2007-10-29
Intro: It is common knowledge that cigarette smoke contains hundreds of toxins and chemicals and cigarette smoking has been linked to a plethora of diseases and conditions.
The U.S. researchers suggest that heavy smokers have a greater risk of the skin condition and which remains for years after they have quit.
The study of 79,000 nurses by researchers at the Harvard Medical School in Boston and the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, found that people with psoriasis who smoked had the more severe disease.
They believe the toxins in cigarette smoke may affect parts of the immune system associated with psoriasis.
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