lighting up doesn’t just damage your lungs; it can also hurt your back. a study recently published in the american journal of medicine found that current and former smokers are more likely to have back pain when compared with people who have never smoked. “nicotine causes the small blood vessels to constrict and decreases the delivery of blood to the soft tissue ” flippin says. “i tell all my patients that quitting smoking could help alleviate their back pain. ”
can smoking make my back pain worse?