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Is it true that smoking actually reduces your risk of ulcerative colitis?
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Yes: Nicotine has been associated with UC amelioration. So use patch. Here's a good article: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2014383/ Smoking per se strongly associated with lung cancer and CAD. Use the patch.
Answered 4/1/2016
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