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Smoking link to psoriasis confirmed 

Italian study findings have confirmed a link between smoking habits and the risk of developing psoriasis.

Previous research has indicated that smoking significantly increases the risk of developing psoriasis, explains Giampiero Favato, from Henley Management College in the UK. . . .

Favato notes in the American Journal of Medicine that the incidences of light, medium and heavy smoking were comparable in each of the two psoriasis cohorts studied, at about 16%, 20% and 5%, respectively.

He concludes: "Italian epidemiological data on adult psoriatic patients seem to confirm the correlation between smoking habits and the risk of developing the disease."

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