Stem Cells Prevented From Becoming Cartilage By Toxins In Cigarette Smoke

A toxic pollutant spread by oil spills, forest fires and car exhaust is also present in cigarette smoke, and may represent a second way in which smoking delays bone healing, according to research presented at the annual meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society in San Francisco.

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Filed under: Smoking / Quit Smoking on March 15th, 2008