Facial Wrinkling in Smokers Underlines Increased COPD Risk

Facial Wrinkling in Smokers Underlines Increased COPD Risk - CME Teaching Brief - MedPage Today: "DEVON, England, June 14 — Middle-age smokers with heavily wrinkled faces are five times likelier to develop chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) than smooth-faced smokers, according to researchers here.

It is well known that smoking ages the skin and that most cases of COPD are caused by smoking. But not all smokers develop the airway disease, said Bipen Patel, M.D., of the Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust here, and colleagues, in a report published online by Thorax."