Investigators say cigarette smoke may cause same cellular defect seen in people with premature aging disease.
Following a
article,
(2/9) reported, "University of Iowa researchers have made a connection between a rare, hereditary premature aging disease and cell damage that comes from smoking." According to the study published in the
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
, "a key protein that is lost in Werner syndrome is decreased in smokers with emphysema and this decrease harms lung cells that normally heal wounds." In fact, "smoking can accelerate the aging process and shorten the lifespan by an average of more than 10 years."
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