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Re: Is there a correlation between smoking (past or present) ...

From: Beth
Date: 2/5/00
Time: 12:19:26 PM
Remote Name: 152.163.194.212

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My GI doc told me that smoking does have an effect. Just like cafeine and peppermint, it can lower the pressure of the les, (keeping it from staying closed properly) therefore allowing acid and food to go back up into the esophagous.


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