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Does smoking cause breast fibrocystic breast disease?
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Maybe: Studies have been contradictory regarding the relationship between smoking and fibrocystic changes. Periductal mastitis and subareolar abscesses are associated with cigarette smoking.
Answered 4/9/2018
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No: All breasts are fibrocystic but many will not have symptoms beyond the normal menstrual cycle.
Answered 4/27/2016
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