Tobacco Use and Skin Diseases…A Real Culprit?

Piyakan Limtanyakul; Suthat Rungruanghiranya; Montree Udompataikul

Authors

Piyakan Limtanyakul DIVISION OF DERMATOLOGY, DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE, FACULTY OF MEDICINE, SRINAKHARINWIROT UNIVERSITY, BANGKOK, THAILAND
Suthat Rungruanghiranya DIVISION OF PULMONARY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE, DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE, FACULTY OF MEDICINE, SRINAKHARINWIROT UNIVERSITY, BANGKOK, THAILAND
Montree Udompataikul SKIN CENTER, FACULTY OF MEDICINE, SRINAKHARINWIROT UNIVERSITY (PRASANMITR), BANGKOK, THAILAND

Keywords:

smoking, tobacco, skin disease

Abstract

Smoking continues to be the major problem of the public health worldwide. Tobacco use is well-known to cause cardiovascular diseases, pulmonary disorders, and malignancies. Whereas tobacco consumption is also strongly associated with several cutaneous effects and certain harmful skin diseases, most of them are rarely mentioned. This article is aimed to review the cutaneous effects caused by smoking tobacco.

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