Twins study shows smoking ages your face faster

[BainsBane]

Your face on cigarettes

Researchers in Ohio studied the physical differences between the faces of nonsmokers and their twins who smoked and found confirmation of a long-held belief: Smoking does indeed age you.

The study, by researchers at the Department of Plastic Surgery at Case Western Reserve University, looked at 79 sets of twins between the ages of 18 and 78 at the annual August gathering of twins in Twinsburg, Ohio. Each person had his or her picture taken by a professional photographer.

The photos were divided into two categories. The first group was 45 sets of twins in which one smoked and the other didn't. The other group was made up of smokers, but in each set, one twin had smoked at least five years longer than the other. . .

"This study confirms some of what was believed in the most scientific way possible," said Dr. Bahman Guyuron, who led the research. "With longer follow-up, we believe that every smoking twin might have exhibited a difference in aging."

http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/31/health/smoking-aging-identical-twins/index.html?sr=fb103113smokingstudy230p

[dixiegrrrrl]

1. They have to account for other differences in each life, tho.

Life style, number of cigs smoked a day, etc.

[BainsBane]

2. The article says they did account for other factors

[dixiegrrrrl]

6. ahhh..I musta missed that..

thnx..

[snooper2]

3. In the first one I can't tell who is supposed to look older,

the second pictures are obvious....


Why they leave out is how cool you look smoking

[BainsBane]

4. The first woman smoked 17 yrs longer than her twin

seems pretty obvious to me.

[Warpy]

5. Nicotine contracts the smooth muscle lining arteries and arterioles, reducing blood flow

That's why smokers' hands are often cold, why their faces show age faster, and why they're more prone to heart attacks. All body systems are damaged by long term nicotine use.