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Canadian researchers have proved that smoking can trigger chronic lower back pain. According to the study, chronic lower back pain is found more in people who smoke daily.
According to Professor Michael Cousins, smoking hampers the action of pain transmitters, which in turns leads to osteoporosis.
The condition resulted in chronic lower back pain which could also trigger a "downward spiral" in a person's life, he warned.
"Chronic pain is now regarded as a disease in its own right," said Prof Cousins, who is director of the Pain Management Research Institute at Sydney's Royal North Shore Hospital.
"Patients with it rapidly progress into a downward spiral of physical, psychological and environmental changes, resulting in major deterioration of all life activities, in their work, family and community roles,” he added.
The study has been published in the journal Clinical and Investigative Medicine.
