Obviously it depends on the medication - ask your
pharmacist. If your mum has Raynauds's, smoking is certainly
contributing to that, as nicotine causes blood vessel
constriction. And, it's well known and documented to cause
heart and lung disease. Scleroderma can affect heart
and lungs itself - I should think your mum would want
them in the best shape possible in case one of those
organ complications would happen.<br><br>I am an ex
smoker and know how terribly difficult it is to kick the
habit, but also how glad I did. Mike, my dad died in
2000 of lung cancer from a lifetime of smoking, and I
sure do miss him. I hope you can get your mum to
stop.<br><br><a href=http://www.quit.org.uk/content/contentframeset1.html
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