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Acne and smoking: is there a relationship?

Authors: Alireza Firooz, Reza Sarhangnejad, Seyyed Massoud Davoudi, Mansour Nassiri-Kashani

Published in: BMC Dermatology | Issue 1/2005

Abstract

Background

There are contradictory reports on the relationship between acne vulgaris and cigarette smoking. The objective of this study was to examine the relation between acne and cigarette smoking in a case-control study.

Methods

A questionnaire on smoking habits was offered to 350 patients with acne vulgaris and 350 patients suffering from skin diseases other than acne, aged 15 – 40 years, attending in a skin clinic in Tehran, Iran. The patients completed the questionnaires anonymously in the waiting room.

Results

Two hundred and ninety-three patients with acne (response rate 83.7 %) and 301 patients with other skin diseases (response rate 86.0 %) completed the questionnaires. Twelve acne patients (4.1 %) and 27 control patients (9.0 %) were current smokers (odds ratio = 0.43, 95% confidence limits 0.22 – 0.87, p < 0.05). But after adjustment for sex, this difference was not significant (odds ratio: 0.61, 95% CI: 0.30–1.26, p > 0.05, Mantel-Haenszel test).

Conclusion

An association between acne and cigarette smoking was not found in this study.

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Title: Acne and smoking: is there a relationship?
Authors: Alireza Firooz
Reza Sarhangnejad
Seyyed Massoud Davoudi
Mansour Nassiri-Kashani
Publication date: 01-12-2005
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: BMC Dermatology / Issue 1/2005
Electronic ISSN: 1471-5945
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-5945-5-2

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Acne and smoking: is there a relationship?

Abstract

Background

Methods

Results

Conclusion

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Abstract

Background

Methods

Results

Conclusion

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