Spine
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Multicenter Study
Influence of smoking on the health status of spinal patients: the National Spine Network database.
Multicenter, cross-sectional analysis of data from the National Spine Network. ⋯ Smokers and nonsmokers had had spinal symptoms for similar duration, but the smokers reported more severe symptoms, which were present for a greater proportion of time each day. Also, the smokers had lower physical and mental health status scores (based on the SF-36) than did nonsmokers.