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Other health problems: Skin and Throat Disorders

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Smokers have at least a two- to threefold increased risk of developing psoriasis.

Smoking may precipitate as many as one quarter of all psoriasis cases, and may

possible contribute to as many as half the cases of palmoplantar pustulosis.

Cigarettes, p. 43

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Most studies suggest a two to threefold increase in risk of psoriasis in smokers.

South China Morning Post, June 17, 1998

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Women who smoke more than 15 cigarettes a day are 3.9 fold more likely to have

psoriasis, compared to a 1.4 fold increased risk for men who smoked this often.

Overall, people who smoked 25 or more cigarettes a day are 2.1 fold more likely to

have psoriasis. For pustular psoriasis, the increased risk was 10.5 fold for smokers of

15 or more cigarettes a day. The study authors from Milan, Italy pointed to the

possible role of hormonal factors, since smoking has well-defined antiestrogenic

effects.

Archives of Dermatology, December 1999, pp. 1479-1484

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Smoking more than 24 cigarettes a day increases by 2.2 fold the risk for developing

psoriasis, in a report from Italy.

Skin and Allergy News, December 1998, p. 20

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Smoking may increase the risk of systemic lupus erthematosus; the odds ratio is 2.3.

International Journal of Dermatology 34:333, 1995

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