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Smoking’s lasting effect on the immune system www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00232-3

2136 sats \ 7 comments \ @south_korea_ln 14 Feb science

It emerges from a study of human cells that smoking can influence certain immune responses to the same extent as can age or genetics. Smoking can alter the immune system in ways that persist long after quitting the habit.

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121 sats \ 0 replies \ @phatom 15 Feb

This shows that even after you stop smoking, they are repercussion that will follow you health-wise

25 sats \ 0 replies \ @south_korea_ln OP 14 Feb

Among the environmental factors studied, the authors report that smoking-related variables showed the most statistically significant associations across immune stimulations. Smoking was found to exert a transient effect on immediate, non-specific, innate immune responses. Surprisingly, its enduring influence on specialized adaptive immune responses was found to persist well beyond smoking cessation.

15 sats \ 1 reply \ @Bell_curve 15 Feb

This is disheartening for people trying to quit

25 sats \ 0 replies \ @south_korea_ln OP 15 Feb

True, but the benefits of quitting smoking nonetheless are still very tangible.

This study might be useful for (young) non-smokers to remind them that nothing good comes from starting.

10 sats \ 2 replies \ @BITC0IN 15 Feb

so if you have autoimmune disorder you should pick up smoking?

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @south_korea_ln OP 15 Feb

Drinking too, just to increase your odds of altering your immune system for the better~~

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BITC0IN 15 Feb

interesting