Cigarette Smoke Can Prevent Allergies
Filed in archive Allergy: Research and Development on May 22, 2009
© Energetic SpiritCigarette smoke aggravate allergies. Correct? Well, according to a recent study, perhaps cigarette smoke is not the villain it's considered to be, in relation to allergies, at least. In fact, the study shows that cigarette smoke can prevent allergies by decreasing the reaction of immune cells to allergens.
Researchers at Utrecht University in the Netherlands found that treatment of mast cells with a cigarette smoke-infused solution prevented the release of inflammation-inducing proteins in response to allergens, without affecting other mast cell immune functions.
The mast cells used in the study were derived from mice, but it is likely that the same anti-allergy effect will hold true in humans. While taking up smoking to cure allergies is unwise, Thomson concludes that the findings presented in this study are "consistent with a dampening of allergic responses in smokers."
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The mast cells used in the study were derived from mice, but it is likely that the same anti-allergy effect will hold true in humans. While taking up smoking to cure allergies is unwise, Thomson concludes that the findings presented in this study are "consistent with a dampening of allergic responses in smokers."
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Response from:
Birdie
(05/26/09 9:53pm)
I've had bad allergies my entire life. I thought for the longest time I was allergic to cig smoke, but in my late teens I began smoking (long story) While I was a smoker (quite in my 20s) I found that I could be around cig smoke from others without being bothered by it. Now that I no longer smoke I'm back to coughing and runny eyes. Big picture I guess I'm better off now. :)
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sickly
(05/09/10 2:19pm)
Cigarette smoke only makes my allergies worse, all the time. My father smoked around me always until he died in my teens. After he died, and after all the smoke stench and his belongings cleared out of the house months later, I finally got better. Then I got with a guy who didn't smoke at first, but then did later, and I kept getting sick again with the allergy symptoms. Then I left him, and got better. Then I got married to someone who said he quit smoking, but didn't. So now I am getting sick again. Have to wear a mask everywhere I go. Can't wait to be free again, and when I do, I will move to a city where smoking is banned completely. But for now I suffer.
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