title: Does smoking improve colitis?
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, U.K.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rudra
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Motley
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rhodes
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D012907:Smoking; D013997:Time Factors