Does smoking improve colitis?
In 14 of 30 patients with ulcerative colitis who resumed smoking there was an improvement in their symptoms over the subsequent median period of 6 weeks. This group smoked a median number of 20 cigarettes, compared with 10 by those who did not improve.
Rudra
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University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, U.K.
Motley
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Rhodes
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D000328:Adult; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D012907:Smoking; D013997:Time Factors