This article discusses how smoking is linked to adult acne;
"The type of acne most common in adult females is comedonal postadolescent acne, and it appears to be strongly correlated with smoking cigarettes, according to research published in the November issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.
MONDAY, Nov. 22 (HealthDay News) -- The type of acne most common in adult females is comedonal postadolescent acne (CPAA), and it appears to be strongly correlated with smoking cigarettes, according to research published in the November issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.
To explore the clinical features of postadolescent acne and its possible association with cigarette smoking, Bruno Capitanio, M.D., of the Istituti Fisioterapici Ospitalieri in Rome, and colleagues examined 226 adult women with acne to assess the age of disease onset as well as the number and type of acne lesions...."
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