Your IBD team, GP or other healthcare professionals can support you to stop smoking
doi:10.1038/s41591-022-01808-0
By bridging epidemiological evidence with mechanistic insights, this work advances our understanding of how cigarette smoke interacts with genetic regulators to affect immune responses and sheds new light on the complexity and heterogeneity underlying IBD pathogenesis
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What Are the Long-Term Health Risks of Indoor Smoke Exposure
worse and more frequent inflammatory relapses higher likelihood of recurrence after surgery poorer response to therapy According to Crohns & Colitis UK, smoking with Crohns disease is also linked to: needing more steroids, immunosuppressants, and anti-TNF medications narrowing of the bowel (strictures), which can lead to blockage perianal disease (Crohns around the anus) bone weakness and joint problems higher risk of developing bowel cancer E-cigarettes, also called vapes, are battery-operated devices that people use to inhale an aerosol containing nicotine, flavorings, and other chemicals
