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Smoking almost doubles the time it takes broken bones to heal, in some cases preventing recovery for over a year. Nicotine in the blood also slows and may even totally prevent bone fusion in spinal fusion surgery.

In addition, smokers are in greater risk for Osteoporosis.
Osteoporosis is a disease that makes bones thin and weak. This disease causes more than one million broken bones every year, in the U.S., usually fractures of the spine, hip or wrist.

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