MS and Smoking: Not a Good Match
Written by Ann Pietrangelo on February 26th, 2009 in General.
By all accounts, the number of people with MS who smoke is fairly high. Speaking for myself, always a non-smoker, I find life with MS to be quite a challenge in its own right. I’m also aware that having MS does not protect me from other diseases. It is my responsibility to protect my own health from preventable illness. Smoking is like issuing an open invitation to trouble.
We’ve known for decades that smoking is harmful to health, but young people continue to be lured in by peer pressure and advertising. Health is much more fragile than we like to admit. Taking it for granted is a serious mistake.
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