Lowered Ability to Recover: If a smoker does develop pneumonia, they may have a harder time recovering due to the damage caused by tobacco use
doi: 10.1007/s00296-010-1549-4 Summary Keywords antinuclear antibodies (ANA), autoimmune diseases, carbon monoxide (CO), cotinine, e-cigarettes, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), tobacco smoking, vaping Citation Dinse GE, Weinberg CR, Parks CG, Co CA, Priest JT, Chan EKL and Miller FW (2025) Decreased cigarette smoking may partially explain the increased prevalence of antinuclear antibodies in the United States
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Tobacco smoke also contains carbon monoxide, which causes smoking-related lung damage by depleting oxygen in your lungs and other vital organs
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