May 22 2013
Combined Wood and tobacco smoke increases the risk and symptoms of COPD
People who are constantly exposed to the smoke of wood and tobacco smoke at greater risk of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and for experiencing more frequent and severe symptoms of the disease, as well as more severe airway obstruction than those who are exposed to only one type of smoke, according to the results of a new population-based study conducted by researchers at Columbia. The results of the study will be presented at the ATS 2013 Conference International.



