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Study suggests smoking affects skin  

Jump to full article: Orlando (FL) Sentinel, 2008-04-15
Author: Karen Shideler * McClatchy Newspapers

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Women who smoke are more likely to have noninflammatory acne, especially blackheads and blocked pores, than nonsmokers are, according to the British Journal of Dermatology.

How much a woman smoked didn't seem to have an effect on the severity of breakouts. But those who had had acne as teens were four times more likely to have "smoker's acne" as an adult.

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