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Most people know about smoking's effect on the lungs, but did you know that it has an effect on back health and back pain as well? Whether you simply want to know more about smoking's effects on chronic pain and the body or want to stop smoking all together, you do not have to do it alone. Utilizing new knowledge, support groups, and other smoking resources, you too can stomp the smoking habit.

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  • Does Smoking Cause Low Back Pain?

    A study on smoking and low back pain, which followed some participants for more than 50 years, discovered that smoking history, hypertension and coronary artery disease are si...

  • Anti-Smoking Medications: Zyban and Chantix

    Two prescription medications are primarily used for helping patients quit smoking: Zyban and Chantix. This article provides an overview of these medications.

  • Quitting Smoking Before a Spinal Fusion

    An extensive amount of research has firmly established that cigarette smoking is bad for patients undergoing lumbar fusion surgery. But just how bad is smoking? How does i...

  • Reasons to Quit Smoking Before Spinal Fusion

    Studies have demonstrated that the rate of non-fusion in smokers is as much as twice that found in non-smokers.

  • Achieving a Spinal Fusion in Smokers

    As this article discusses in detail, the best approach for achieving a successful outcome (e.g. reduced pain) in a spinal fusion patient who smokes is for that person to quit ...

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