While the link between smoking and bone harm is clear, no one knows why it occurs, Dr. Thomas Einhorn, chairman of orthopedic surgery at Boston University.
But the Rochester team’s theory is plausible, he says. And it’s crucial to pursue because if they’re right, using nicotine patches or gum immediately after a bone injury would likely be as bad as continuing to smoke.
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Health, Lauren Neergard, Associated Press, October 18, 2005
WebMD,www.webmd.com/osteoporosis/smoking-and-osteoporosis
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