SMOKING!! A small survey! How many do and how many don't!!!

[Jamie..]

Smoked quite alot till a few years ago and noticed no change in P. I stopped smoking and booze was making me really dehydrated and not much improvement (less dry due to better hydration probably)

Have smoked a bit in the last month or so, but don't want to. It's difficult though when you go out for a drink and your mates spend most of the night in the 'Smoking area' outside the pub!!!

nb. My skin was worse in the early years (thick plaques) long before I found lifes vices! Somewhere over the time its also turned into Guttate

[Beccawee]

I smoke.. no idea if it's making it worse 

[Islander]

i did, then for 2 years i didnt and now i do again but much less than before... no difference

[Mary Begley]

 I smoked from a very young age, got up to 40 a day.  Stopped about 5 years ago (after almost 30 years) and it has not made the slightest difference to my psoriasis.

[Hanna]

I'm late in on this but

smoked for about 10 yrs I guess .... started more when 17 at college (my sis tried to kill herself around same time) my first BIG out break of P
stoppped smoking over a month ago......was also comming off mtx........another BIG flare up of P!!!!

for me my skin has shown no difference!!! .... was kinda hoping it would in the sense of u make urself feel more stressed because you want a fag..so if i stopped smoking my stress levels would go down!!!

[sarah9786]

I've smoked since 18, had P since 11 and PA since 18 - don't think it was the smoking that triggered PA, more likely to be the same thing that started the smoking. I know I should quit but I like smoking, plus I'm worried about putting on loads of weight (I've got more than enough padding already! ) or having a flare if I tried again

[Shazza P]

Never smoked had P for 16 years................... both parents smoked    but I find if I drink to much I get a lil flare up!!

[Laura8]

I smoked for several years, but quit smoking before I developed psoriasis. I'm glad I was finally able to quit with the help of medication.

[trancer]

I quit when I discovered psoriasis especially on my chest, I thought I had lung cancer or something, scared me for life of smoking and haven't looked back since. Overall psoriasis had given me a number of health benefits from quiting smoking to losing weight. I also believe I was diabetic when I developed it but now I am probably beyond it.

[frost]

ive not had a cig for over a week now