Smoking makes symptoms of RA worse Smoking is associated with more severe RA, for example, more active disease, more joint damage (leading to joint deformities and loss of function), and more RA disease outside the joints, such as nodules, inflammation of the blood vessels (known as vasculitis), or rheumatoid lung disease
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Tar affects the lungs by narrowing the small tubes that absorb oxygen and damaging the small hairs that protect against infection
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